Aryna Sabalenka continued her dominance over Zheng Qinwen with victory in the first match of the season-ending WTA Finals. New world number one Sabalenka beat the Chinese seventh seed 6-3 6-4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sabalenka has won all five of her ...

RIYADH (Reuters) -Aryna Sabalenka began her quest to secure the year-end number one ranking with a thumping 6-3 6-4 victory over China's Zheng Qinwen in her opening round robin match at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Saturday.

Aryna Sabalenka has secured qualification for the semi-finals stage of the WTA Finals with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Jasmine Paolini, as Zheng Qinwen

Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng scored wins in the second day of round robin play at the 2024 WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

In her last match on September 30, 2024, Sabalenka took home the win 6-2, 6-2 over Ashlyn Krueger in the Round of 32 of the China Open. On September 30, 2024, Zheng won her last match, 6-3, 6-2, over Nadia Podoroska in the Round of 32 of the China Open.

China's Zheng Qinwen beat a struggling Elena Rybakina 7-6(4) 3-6 6-1 in a gruelling WTA Finals group stage match on Monday, notching her first career win over the Kazakh in their third meeting.

In the Round Robin at the Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara on Saturday, Aryna Sabalenka (ranked No. 1) meets Qinwen Zheng (No. 7).Sabalenka’s last competition was a win, 6-2, 6-2, over Ashlyn

The season-ending event sees Sabalenka and Swiatek battle for year-end world No. 1 for the second year in a row

World number one Aryna Sabalenka commenced her WTA Finals campaign in Riyadh on Saturday with a fifth victory in as many meetings against Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen of China, racing to a 6-3, 6-4 victory.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka won the opening match of the 2024 WTA Finals group stage over Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng.