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Iga Swiatek will finish the year at No. 1 after beating Jessica Pegula to win the WTA Finals
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Right after relinquishing the No. 1 ranking two months ago, Iga Swiatek couldn't help but worry about trying to regain it. “It's hard not to think about stuff like that,” she explained. And then Swiatek realized it was better to set that...
Iga Swiatek tops Aryna Sabalenka at the WTA Finals to reach the title match and get a shot at No. 1
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Iga Swiatek gave herself a shot at her first WTA Finals title and the year-end top ranking by eliminating No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-2 in a rain-suspended semifinal Sunday. The second-seeded Swiatek, a 22-year-old from Poland, will meet the fifth-seeded...
Jessica Pegula beats Coco Gauff at the WTA Finals. The Swiatek-Sabalenka semi is suspended by rain
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Jessica Pegula outplayed U.S. Open winner Coco Gauff and beat her 6-2, 6-1 at the WTA Finals on Saturday in a matchup between American doubles partners on a rainy and windy evening to reach the title match at the season-ending championship for the first time. ...
The WTA Finals semis are Coco Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula, and Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Coco Gauff overcame 17 double-faults and came back after being a game away from elimination at the WTA Finals on Friday, eventually moving into the semifinals after pulling out a 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in a round-robin match. ...
Iga Swiatek says female tennis players are united as they seek improvements from the WTA
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Iga Swiatek says she and other women's tennis players are more united than in the past as they seek changes on the WTA Tour, including improvements to prioritize the athletes' well-being. “We are not happy with some things,” Swiatek, a four-time Grand Slam...
Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff at the WTA Finals. Gauff double-faulted 4 times in 1 game
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff double-faulted four times in a row while serving for the second set and wound up losing 6-0, 7-5 to four-time major title winner Iga Swiatek in round-robin action at the WTA Finals on a windy Wednesday night. “A tough day in the...
Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek win their WTA Finals opening matches in straight sets
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff earned the first WTA Finals victory of her career on Monday night, breezing past three-time major runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-0, 6-1 in a round-robin match interrupted for a little more than an hour by rain. Gauff, a 19-year-old from...
Billie Jean King wants better scheduling in tennis and to combine the BJK Cup and Davis Cup
Billie Jean King wants the groups with a say in the tennis schedule to avoid potential conflicts such as the close timing and far distance between the WTA Finals and Billie Kean King Cup Finals, which led Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula to choose to compete in the former and skip the...
Swiatek beats Samsonova to take China Open title. Korda stuns Medvedev at Shanghai
BEIJING (AP) — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek won the China Open final with a near-perfect 6-2, 6-2 victory over Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday, for her tour-leading fifth title of the season. Swiatek's triumph, in her first visit to China, was her 16th career title and adds to her...
Swiatek ends Gauff's 16-match winning streak in Beijing, Alcaraz breezes through in Shanghai
BEIJING (AP) — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek ended Coco Gauff's 16-match winning streak as she advanced to the China Open final with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 victory over the U.S. Open champion on Saturday. It was the 19-year-old Gauff’s first loss since the quarterfinals in Montreal, a...
