By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday October 29, 2024
The WTA's elite eight are ready to go at this year's WTA Finals.
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By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday October 29, 2024
The draws for next week’s WTA Finals in Riyadh are out, and the groups have been revealed.
Tournament Director Garbiñe Muguruza helped to conduct the draw ceremony and was joined by defending singles champion Iga Swiatek and the doubles team of Carole Dolehide and Desirae Krawczyk.
The Groups are named after the colors of the flag of Saudi Arabia (Green and White) in addition to the overall theme for the 2024 WTA Finals (Purple and Orange).
Singles - Purple
Aryna Sabalenka
Jasmine Paolini
Elena Rybakina
Zheng Qinwen
Singles - Orange
Iga Swiatek
Coco Gauff
Jessica Pegula
Barbora Krejcikova
And the doubles were drawn as well:
Doubles - Green
Lyudmyla Kichenok & Jelena Ostapenko
Hsieh Su-Wei & Elise Mertens
Nicole Melichar-Martinez & Ellen Perez
Katerina Siniakova & Taylor Townsend
Doubles - White
Gabriela Dabrowski & Erin Routliffe
Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini
Caroline Dolehide & Desirae Krawczyk
Chan Hao-Ching & Veronika Kudermetova
Play begins in Riyadh on Saturday, and the Day 1 schedule has been released for this weekend:
Order of Play: Day 1
[3] Hsieh/Mertens vs. [6] Melichar-Martinez/Perez
[1] Sabalenka vs. [7] Zheng
[4] Paolini vs. [5] Rybakina
[1] Kichenok/Ostapenko vs. [8] Siniakova/Townsend
Order of Play: Day 2
[2] Dabrowski/Routliffe vs. [7] Chan/Kudermetova
[2] Swiatek vs. [8] Krejcikova
[3] Gauff vs. [6] Pegula
[4] Errrani/Paolini vs. [5] Dolehide/Krawczyk