Debut with victory for Jasmine Paolini in the Purple Group of the WTA Finals in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). The 28-year-old Tuscan tennis player, number 4 in the world ranking and the first Italian since 2015 to participate in the Masters at the end of the year, won Elena Rybakina, fifth in the WTA rankings, 7-6(5) 6-4thus reaching 3-2 in direct matches with the Kazakh team now coached by Goran Ivanisevic.
On Monday the Italian, also present in the doubles tournament with Sara Errani, a team that won the Olympic gold in Paris, will take to the court again to face the Chinese Qinwen Zheng, defeated on her debut 6-3 6-4 by number one in the world ranking, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
The Italian: “Very happy with the victory, I played a solid match”
“I’m very happy with the victory, Elena plays incredible tennis, I’m happy she’s back on the circuit and it’s always difficult to face her.” Thus Jasmine Paolini after making her debut at the WTA Finals in Riyadh beating the Kazakh Rybakina. “I’m happy with how I managed the match, it wasn’t easy, it was the first time for me at the Finals and I’m very happy – the words of the 28 year old from Tuscany – I served quite well and the return went well too, I’m happy with how I started the points. I was always short and fast, I played a solid match.”