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  WTA year-end rankings 2024 confirmed: Aryna Sabalenka finishes as No.1, Qinwen Zheng enters top 5

  Tennis | November 11, 2024 19:26 IST

  After winning the Australian and US Open titles in 2024, Aryna Sabalenka finished the season as the world's No.1 player. She lost the WTA Finals semi-final clash against the eventual champion Coco Gauff but stayed on top in the year-end rankings ahead of Iga Swiatek.

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  WTA Finals: Caroline Garcia thumps Aryna Sabalenka in summit clash to register mammoth feat

  Tennis | November 08, 2022 13:47 IST

  Caroline Garcia was the 2022 US Open semifinalist and has achieved a mammoth record after her win against Aryna Sabalenka in the WTA Finals. Garcia will now be ranked No.4 in the World.

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  WTA Finals: Muguruza, Kontaveit to face off in title clash

  Tennis | November 17, 2021 17:35 IST

  Garbine Muguruza dominated Paula Badosa in a 6-3, 6-3 victory and will play Anett Kontaveit for the title at the WTA Finals. Eighth-seeded Kontaveit beat Maria Sakkari 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the other semi-final.

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  WTA Finals: Sakkari beat Sabalenka to reach semifinals; Swiatek spoils Badosa's birthday

  Tennis | November 16, 2021 11:11 IST

  Sakkari will face Anett Kontaveit in the semifinals while Badosa will face her Spanish compatriot Garbine Muguruza.

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  WTA Finals: Muguruza beats Kontaveit to seal semifinal berth; pushes Pliskova out of title race

  Tennis | November 15, 2021 12:25 IST

  Muguruza and Kontaveit, who was earlier assured of advancing, will march into the knockout stages from Group Tiotehuacan as the former's straight-set win pushed Karolina Pliskova out of the title race.

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  Ashleigh Barty beats Elina Svitolina to win maiden WTA Finals title

  Tennis | November 03, 2019 19:21 IST

  The title adds to the 23-year-old Australian's lengthy list of achievements in 2019 including winning her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.

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  Barty defeats Pliskova in WTA Finals semis, to face Svitolina in summit clash

  Tennis | November 02, 2019 22:17 IST

  Barty, like Svitolina, dropped the opening set of her semifinal before beating second-ranked Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

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  Elina Svitolina reaches second straight final at WTA Finals after Belinda Bencic retires

  Tennis | November 02, 2019 18:59 IST

  Bencic was already struggling in the semifinal match with a right leg problem before the end of the first set, which she won.

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  Pliskova defeats Halep to reach semifinals of WTA Finals for third straight year

  Tennis | November 01, 2019 21:42 IST

  In the semifinals, Pliskova will take on top-ranked Ash Barty — Australia's first female year-end No. 1.

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  Elina Svitolina beats Sofia Kenin in WTA Finals

  Tennis | November 01, 2019 21:14 IST

  Svitolina, who had already qualified for the semifinals from the Purple Group, saved two set points in the second set before finally winning the match on her sixth match point.

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  Naomi Osaka withdraws from WTA Finals due to shoulder injury

  Tennis | October 29, 2019 14:37 IST

  Alternate Kiki Bertens will take Naomi Osaka's place against Ash Barty Barty later Tuesday.

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  WTA Finals: Elina Svitolina, Simona Halep start with wins

  Tennis | October 29, 2019 10:01 IST

  Simona Halep saved a match point before beating Bianca Andreescu 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 while Elina Svitolina defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-6, 6-4.

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  Karolina Pliskova reaches WTA Finals semifinals with win over Petra Kvitova

  Tennis | October 25, 2018 18:58 IST

  Pliskova, who advanced from her group for the second straight year, beat Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 to improve her record to 2-1 at the season-ending tournament.

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  Top-ranked Simona Halep withdraws from WTA Finals

  Tennis | October 18, 2018 14:07 IST

  Halep's withdrawal means Kiki Bertens has qualified for the final spot, joining Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka and many others.

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  Caroline Wozniacki defeats Venus Williams for career best win at WTA finals

  Tennis | October 29, 2017 20:58 IST

  The 27-year-old Wozniacki's best previous result at the WTA Finals was reaching the final in 2010.

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  Timea Babos, Andrea Hlavackova claim doubles title at WTA finals

  Tennis | October 29, 2017 18:51 IST

  With the trophy, Babos and Hlavackova finished a season, in which they also claimed titles in Rabat, Quebec, Tashkent and Moscow.

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  Venus Williams, Caroline Wozniacki win at WTA Finals

  Tennis | October 28, 2017 22:08 IST

  Williams, who appeared in the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals this season, won the WTA Finals in 2008 and was also a finalist in 2009.

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  Caroline Wozniacki advances in WTA Finals; Simona Halep to keep top ranking

  Tennis | October 28, 2017 17:34 IST

  The sixth-ranked Wozniacki, a finalist in 2010, leads the tour with most match wins in the season at 59-21 as the Dane heads into Sunday's championship match.

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  Caroline Garcia advances to semifinals, Simona Halep defeated at WTA Finals

  Tennis | October 27, 2017 21:20 IST

  In the semifinals, Garcia will play Venus Williams and Wozniacki will face Karolina Pliskova.

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  WTA Finals: Venus Williams stuns Garbine Muguruza to reach semis

  Tennis | October 26, 2017 22:02 IST

  The 37-year-old Williams advanced from the White Group along with Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova, who lost to French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-1.