WTA Finals - Sabalenka dominates Paolini to book her place in the semi-finals

le 04/11/2024 à 17h31

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Aryna Sabalenka never wavered.

Already a solid winner over Qinwen Zheng on Saturday (6-3, 6-4), the Belarusian mastered an ever-dangerous Jasmine Paolini to perfection (6-3, 7-5).

With two wins from two matches and no set lost, the world number one has already secured her place in the semi-finals.

In a complete match, Sabalenka relied on the fundamentals of her tennis: an efficient serve, high physical intensity and outstanding hitting power.

Blowing away an Italian as feisty as ever, she will probably leave Zheng and Paolini to fight it out for second place in the group.

Sabalenka Aryna

1e, 10870 points

Paolini Jasmine

8e, 4325 points

Sabalenka A • 1

Paolini J • 4

Madrid

Draw

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Let's make that wish for all 2000 plus players hoping for 5 wins each day. Hoping ŵhen we open the results page to see all green, and no red. And especially NO CANCELED matches.

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why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Chwalinska and Huergo at the Quito tournament? The match was played to completion and on time. If TT feels the match is one sided, and of course it was, then don't put it up for prediction. This is getting irritating.

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The finals are here, and we scramble for the best finish. I've been chasing "King" all year and I was able to shrink the spread a little. Skelp is also closing the gap.

Seasons best to all the regulars in our league.

Will you all be back in the new year.?

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Steffi Graf completed a Golden Slam (not just a career Grand Slam) when she was 19. She is the only person to accomplish that, winning the four majors plus Olympic gold the same calendar year.

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