Defending champion Iga Swiatek makes a successful return to the WTA Finals in Riyadh after a two-month break. The Polish player wins in three sets against Barbora Krejcikova.
03.11.2024, 18:01
03.11.2024, 18:29
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Since her quarter-final defeat at the US Open, Iga Swiatek had taken a break for personal reasons and changed coaches. Now, with a hard-fought 4:6, 7:5, 6:2 victory over Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, she kept her chance of regaining the No. 1 ranking alive.
To do so, she would have to win the year-end tournament for the top eight players in Saudi Arabia and hope that the current world number one Aryna Sabalenka slips up. Swiatek was already 4:6 and 0:3 down against Krejcikova before she made a comeback.
In the second match of the opening day of Group orange, Coco Gauff prevailed 6-3, 6-2 against her American compatriot and last year's finalist Jessica Pegula.
