Barbora Krejcikova won against Coco Gauff 7:5, 6:4 in the WTA Final, meaning Iga Świątek was eliminated from the tournament.
Czech Barbora Krejcikova defeated American Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4 in the final match of the Orange Group of the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Riyadh and advanced to the semifinals by beating Iga Świątek.
The second seed from Poland, who earlier Thursday won against Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-1, 6-0, finished the group competition with a balance of two wins and one loss, the same as Gauff and Krejcikova, but she had the worst record. of them (4-3). The Czechs won the group, ahead of the Americans.
Krejcikova will meet China's Qinwen Zheng in Friday's semifinals, and Gauff will face the highest seed and certain first place in the WTA classification at the end of the season, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.