After an up-and-down season, and the coaching turmoil that came with it, she overpowered Aryna Sabalenka and won her biggest title in three years in Riyadh.
Elena Rybakina reflects on her win over world no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the championship match at the WTA Finals.
The Canadian will join Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic, Zverev, Fritz, Shelton and De Minaur in the elite eight-man field in Turin.
The 19-year-old battled back from 5-1 down in the third set tie-break to edge Cam Norrie in the final on Saturday.
He continued his global domination of the sport on Saturday, defeating Lorenzo Musetti to capture the title in Athens, Greece.
The Serb outlasted the Italian in a grueling final in Athens on Saturday, then withdrew from Turin due to a shoulder injury.
Plus: Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz could play spoiler roles, and debutant Ben Shelton will hope to find his summer form.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion won the season-ending WTA Finals title with a 6-3, 7-6 (0) win over world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday, putting a bow on a late-season surge that valuted her back into ...
The Kazakh is also the only player who managed to defeat Sabalenka twice this year, and it was very nearly three times.
The 2022 Wimbledon champion became the 10th first-time WTA Finals champion with a 6-3, 7-6(0) victory over world No. 1 Sabalenka.
Djokovic has now won 101 career titles across 20 different countries and in 30 different cities.
The 19-year-old American trailed 5-1 in the deciding-set tiebreaker, only to come back and defeat Cameron Norrie 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(6).
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