Bitter debut for Jasmine Paolini in the WTA Finals: beaten by Sabalenka in two sets

John

By John

Bitter debut for Jasmine Paolini in the WTA Singles Finals, staged on the indoor hard court in Riyadh. After yesterday’s good debut in the doubles Finals, in the capital of Saudi Arabia, the Italian, number 8 in the world, surrendered in the first match of group A, called Steffi Graf, of the end-of-season «Master», against Aryna Sabalenka. The Belarusian, world number 1, won with a score of 6-3 6-1, leaving little “space” for the Tuscan player. The other match of the day, of the same group, will soon be on the field, namely the US derby between Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff. Tomorrow there will be the second day of competition in group B, renamed Serena Williams. The Swiatek-Rybakina and Anisimova-Keys matches are scheduled. Paolini will return to the court in just under 24 hours in the doubles Finals. Alongside his partner Sara Errani, he will challenge the duo of Su-Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko