Elena Rybakina has become the eighth and final player to qualify for this year’s WTA Finals, joining Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula and Jasmine Paolini in the field.
The Kazakh secured her spot in the elite eight-woman event by defeating Canada’s Victoria Mboko, 6-1, 7-6 (4), in the quarterfinals in Tokyo on Friday afternoon. She needed to reach the semifinals of the WTA 500 event to punch her ticket to Riyadh—had she lost before the semis, Mirra Andreeva would have become the eighth and final qualifier for the WTA Finals.
Andreeva and Ekaterina Alexandrova will be the first and second alternates.
More to come…
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