Elena Rybakina accomplished a clear sweep of her group on the WTA Finals with a simple victory over late call-up Ekaterina Alexandrova.
The sixth seed, who sealed her development to the semi-finals on Monday, continued her momentum with a 6-4 6-4 win in Riyadh.
The Kazakh had been on account of play Madison Keys, however the American – who couldn’t advance – withdrew simply hours earlier than the beginning of the match due to sickness.
Alexandrova was the second alternate, however acquired the nod after fellow Russian and first choice Mirra Andreeva, who can also be competing within the doubles in Riyadh, declared she was not match to play.
“Ekaterina was a troublesome opponent, particularly to start with it was tough to return,” stated Rybakina, who beat Amanda Anisimova and Iga Swiatek earlier within the week.
“Each match I play I wish to win after all, every win provides you confidence. Hopefully I can proceed.”
Anisimova and Swiatek face off for the second qualification spot from the Serena Williams Group in a while Wednesday.
The main eight girls’s gamers in singles and doubles are competing in Saudi Arabia, the place £12m ($15.5m) in prize cash shall be received.
Within the Stefanie Graf Group, world primary Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula all stay in semi-final competition.
Sabalenka performs defending champion Gauff whereas Pegula faces the already eradicated Jasmine Paolini in Thursday’s last round-robin matches.
