The number one player in the world, Arina Sabaljenko, started with a triumph at the final WTA tournament in Riyadh, as she was better than the seventh player, the Chinese Qinwen Zhen - 6:3, 6:4.
It is the fourth victory of the Belarusian against Jen this year, and the Chinese only managed to win one set in the finals of the domestic tournament in Wuhan.
In group 1 - purple, the first round ended today with the victory of Italian Jasmin Paolini over Kazakhstan's Jelena Rybakina. The fourth player won against the fifth player in two sets - 7:6, 6:4.
Tomorrow there are matches in group 2 - orange, and the second player, the Polish Iga Sfiontek, plays with the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (13,30:XNUMX p.m.), while after that match is the American derby, Coco Goff against Jessica Pegula.
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