Aryna Sabalenka wins Elite Trophy in Zhuhai
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka won the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai.
by Florian Goosmann
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Oct 27, 2019, 08:18 am
The 21-year-old clearly beat Dutchman Kiki Bertens 6: 4 and 6: 2 in the final, taking her third title in 2019.
For Sabalenka this is a partly difficult season with a climax to an end. After her breakthrough to the top of the world, many had hoped for a Grand Slam title this year, but Sabalenka fell short of expectations.
With a strong finish of the year - she had also won in Wuhan at the end of September - she will now return to 11th place in the new world ranking list on Monday. Here she had also ended her season in 2018.
In Zhuhai Sabalenka had won all three matches in their group stage - against Elise Mertens, Maria Sakkari and Karolina Muchova.
Finally this Sunday, the WTA Finals of the eight best players of the year will start. The first match in Shenzhen will start at 9:30 am CET with Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova, followed by Ashleigh Barty and Belinda Bencic.