St Petersburg, Florida | 8 participant area confirmed for WTA Finals Riyadh

On Wednesday, the WTA confirmed the 8 participant singles area for its season-ending championships, the WTA Finals Riyadh, saying that Zheng Qinwen and Barbora Krejcikova have secured the final two locations, whereas 2 qualification locations have but to be crammed within the doubles occasion.

In 2024, now we have seen 11 totally different winners throughout Grand Slams and WTA 1000 tournaments, so I absolutely count on to see unbelievable match motion and on court docket heroics Riyadh. We’re very a lot wanting ahead to kicking off the primary yr of the WTA Finals Riyadh. Garbiñe Muguruza, WTA Finals Event Director

Zheng, of China, and Krejcikova from the Czech Republic will be a part of PIF WTA World No 1 Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Jasmine Paolini and Jessica Pegula on the Finals, which start on Saturday 2 November in Saudi Arabia.

“Finishing the singles line-up for the WTA Finals is an thrilling second because the anticipation heightens for the season ending occasion,” WTA Finals Event Director Garbiñe Muguruza mentioned. “In 2024, now we have seen 11 totally different winners throughout Grand Slams and WTA 1000 tournaments, so I absolutely count on to see unbelievable match motion and on court docket heroics Riyadh. We’re very a lot wanting ahead to kicking off the primary yr of the WTA Finals Riyadh.”

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Zheng has loved a breakout season on the Hologic WTA Tour and is the primary participant from China to qualify in singles for the WTA Finals since 2013, when Li Na completed as runner-up, narrowly dropping to Serena Williams.

She started her season in tremendous kind by reaching the ultimate on the Australian Open, once more emulating Li Na who was the final Chinese language participant to contest a singles Grand Slam closing, which was additionally in Melbourne in 2014.

Zheng went on to defend her title on the 35° Palermo Women Open earlier than flourishing on house soil throughout the Asian swing, reaching the semi-finals on the China Open in Beijing, and making her third closing of the season on the Dongfeng Voyah · Wuhan Open.

The 22-year-old additionally picked up the Gold medal on the Paris Olympics, whereas her outcomes this season noticed her break into the High 10 within the rankings for the primary time in her profession, peaking at No 7.

Barbora Krejcikova secured her place in Riyadh as the best ranked Grand Slam singles champion ending between No 8-20 on the leaderboard

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Krejcikova has a wealthy historical past on the WTA Finals, and 2024 marks her sixth consecutive look on the event, beforehand competing in singles in 2021 and within the doubles since 2018, lifting the title with associate Katerina Siniakova in 2021.

At the moment sitting within the No 12 place on the PIF Race to the WTA Finals, Wimbledon champion Krejcikova has secured her place in Riyadh as the best ranked Grand Slam singles champion ending between No 8-20 on the leaderboard.

Along with including to her 2021 Roland Garros crown by successful her second main at The Championships at Wimbledon, Krejcikova added very important PIF WTA Rating factors this season thanks to 3 quarter-final appearances, on the Australian Open, WTA 500 Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open and WTA 250 Rothesay Basic Birmingham.

The 2024 WTA Finals showcases the world’s greatest 8 singles gamers and doubles groups competing in a round-robin format with the singles champion lifting the WTA Finals Billie Jean King Trophy and the doubles champions incomes the WTA Finals Martina Navratilova Trophy.

Laura Siegemund & Vera Zvonareva lifted the doubles trophy on the GNP Seguros WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, in 2023

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