Jessica Pegula eliminates number 1

The WTA Finals, which were first held in 1972 and pitted tennis players from the top 8 levels of the women’s world rankings, continued in Cancun, Mexico.

In the match played in the Bacalar Group, number 5 seed Jessica Pegula of the United States caused the surprise by defeating world number 1 Aryna Sabalenka 2-0 in sets of 6-4, 6-3.
Pegula, who went 2 for 2 by beating Elena Rybakina and then Sabalenka in her group, reached the semifinals with the leader’s title.

In the other match of the day, the Kazakh Rybakina, seed number 4, achieved her first victory in the group by beating the Greek Maria Sakkari, seed number 8, 2-1 with sets of 6-0, 6-7 and 7. -6. Sakkari, who lost both of her matches, has no chance of advancing to the next round.

Tomorrow the Iga Swiatek-Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur-Marketa Vondrousova matches will be played in the hard court tournament with a total prize of 9 million dollars. The tennis players who occupy the first two places in their groups will advance to the semifinals through crossed matches, and the teams that pass this round will reach the cup. (AA)