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WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek knocked out, Gauff vs Sabalenka set for semis

Defending WTA Finals champion Iga Swiatek was eliminated from the season-ending tournament on Thursday after Barbora Krejcikova defeated Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4, which meant the Polish world number two was unable to advance to the semifinals. With the win, Gauff will now face world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a high-profile semifinal, while Krejcikova will take on China’s Olympic champion …

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WTA Finals 2024: Swiatek to face alternate Kasatkina in must-win match after injured Pegula pulls out

American sixth seed Jessica Pegula has withdrawn from the WTA Finals in Riyadh with a left knee injury, the tournament announced on Wednesday. A runner-up at the WTA Finals last year, Pegula lost her opening two matches in Saudi Arabia in straight sets and had no chance of advancing to the semifinals. READ | WTA Finals 2024: Zheng beats Paolini, …

Fritz becomes first 3-time champ of Eastbourne, where Kasatkina ends streak of losing finals

Veronika Kudermetova joins Paula Badosa to pull out from the Adelaide International semi-finals with injury problems Friday, leaving them in a race to be fit for the Australian Open. Russia’s Kudermetova, seeded nine for the opening Grand Slam of the year, which starts Monday, cited a left hip injury for her pull-out against Switzerland’s Bencic. The Grand Slam has been …

World number eight Daria Kasatkina stumbled to close out the match but progressed to the semi-finals of the Adelaide International 2 with a 6-3 7-6 win over Petra Kvitova on Thursday. I’m really happy that I was able to keep my focus in the tiebreaker.” The hurricane never arrived and Kasatkina sealed the victory in the tiebreak to move on …

Garcia Edges Kasatkina To Advance At WTA Finals

Caroline Garcia rallied from a set down to beat Daria Kasatkina 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 on Saturday in a winner-take-all clash that sent the French player into the WTA Finals knockout phase. Round robin play concluded later Saturday with world number one Iga Swiatek, already assured of her semi-final berth, beating American teenager Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-0. “It’s definitely a great …

WTA Finals 2022: Iga Swiatek downs Caroline Garcia, Daria Kasatkina eliminates Coco Gauff

Swiatek broke Garcia four times on the way to a victory that avenged her three-set loss to her in Poland Fort Worth, Texas: World number one Iga Swiatek beat Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-2 to clinch her semi-final spot at the WTA Finals on Thursday, but Garcia remained in the hunt for a place in the knockout stage. France’s Garcia can …

Coco Gauff eliminated at WTA Finals; Iga Swiatek into semis

World number one Iga Swiatek qualified for the semi-finals at the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday after Daria Kasatkina beat American Coco Gauff 7-6 6-3 in a round-robin stage match at the eight-player, season-ending tournament. Swiatek, who improved to 2-0 in this year’s competition following her own 6-3 6-2 win over Caroline Garcia, goes through as the …

WTA Finals 2022: Iga Swiatek's top-10 streak reaches 13; Caroline Garcia beats Coco Gauff

Iga Swiatek opened her bid for a first WTA Finals title with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Daria Kasatkina in round-robin play Fort Worth, Texas: No. Swiatek extended her winning streak against opponents ranked in the top 10 to 13 matches — the longest such single-season run in 15 years — and opened her bid for a first WTA Finals …

Victoria Azarenka battled past Madison Keys 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in Guadalajara on Thursday, ending the American’s hopes of reaching the WTA Finals and setting up a quarterfinal showdown with Coco Gauff, who rolled past Italian Martina Trevisan 6-0, 6-3. It will be the first meeting between the 33-year-old twice major winner Azarenka and the American 15 years her junior, after …

Russia won both singles matches to defeat Switzerland 2-0 in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup on Saturday to claim the trophy for the fifth time. I’m unbelievably happy.” Daria Kasatkina gave Russia a 1-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Jil Teichmann. READ: Samsonova broke the Swiss star in the opening game of the final set …

Jabeur, the second seed, gained a measure of revenge as she secured her first title at the expense of Kasatkina, one of two women to have beaten her in her previous finals appearances. London: Ons Jabeur became the first Arab woman to win a WTA title on Sunday when the Tunisian beat Daria Kasatkina of Russia 7-5, 6-4 in an …