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In the WTA final tournament a surprise the reigning champion

Iga Swiatek was disappointed in the tennis women’s WTA final tournament.

Winner of the final tournament of the women’s WTA tennis tour last year Iga Swiatek does not repeat his victory in the season-ending elite tournament.

The Polish star, who is second in the world rankings, beat the Russian on Thursday Daria Kasatkina easily 6-1, 6-0, but when the Czech Barbora Krejcikova won ranking three Coco Gauffinin the sky tournament of Swiatek. Swiatek’s fate was Tuesday’s loss to the American Gauff.

The WTA finals tournament to be played in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh was Swiatek’s first tournament since the grand slam US Open in September.

China in the semi-finals of the final tournament Zheng Qinwen will face Krejcikova, and Gauff will face the top player in the world ranking, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkan.

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