MADRID, 7 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka and the French Caroline Garcia will play the final of the WTA Finals at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth (Texas, United States), in an unprecedented and unexpected fight for the title after Sabalenka eliminated number one in the semifinals. 1 Iga Swiatek.
In more than 2 hours of play, Aryna Sabalenka beat the great favorite (6-2, 2-6 and 6-1) thanks to a great serve that knocked out the Pole, who could only breathe and display her best tennis in the second sleeve.
Sabalenka, who will fight to be the first tennis player from her country to be champions of the WTA finals, recovered her best serve in the third and final set to turn into reality the “miracle” that was for her, before achieving it, think to be in the final.
And in that fight for the title Caroline Garcia will be measured, who eliminated the Greek Maria Sakkari (fifth seed in these Finals) in the semis 6-3 and 6-2, in a duel with less emotion than the another semifinal.
Sabalenka and Garcia have never played a final before, but this year they met in the semifinals of the Cincinnati tournament, with victory for the French tennis player 6-2, 4-6 and 6-1. At the moment, their head-to-head matches end with two wins for each, so whoever moves the balance in her favor will be the new ‘master’.