WTA Finals, 2022, Fort Worth, TX, USA

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DATE: October 31 - November 7, 2022
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PRIZE MONEY: $5,000,000
FIELD SIZE: 8
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Garbine Muguruza


1. Iga Swiatek
2. Ons Jabeur
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Coco Gauff
5. Maria Sakkari
6. Caroline Garcia
7. Aryna Sabalenka
8. Daria Kasatkina

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The Tournament:

The 2022 WTA Finals will be the 51st edition of the singles event and the 46th of the doubles competition. It will be contested by the season's top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams.

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China as a part of the WTA Tour's ten-year deal with Shenzhen, beginning in 2019. However, on December 2, 2021, WTA chairman Steve Simon announced that all tournaments scheduled to be held in both China and Hong Kong would be suspended beginning in 2022, due to concerns regarding the security and well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai after her allegations of sexual assault against Zhang Gaoli, a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party, and the travel restrictions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.

On September 6, 2022, the WTA announced that the event would take place at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, United States from October 31 to November 7, 2022 and return to China the following year.

About Fort Worth:

Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km2) into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According to a 2022 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 958,692. Fort Worth is the second-largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States.

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WTA Singles Draw,

Tracy Austin Group,

1. Iga Swiatek
4. Coco Gauff
6. Caroline Garcia
8. Daria Kasatkina

Nancy Rickey Group

2. Ons Jabeur
3. Jessica Pegula
5. Maria Sakkari
7. Aryna Sabalenka
 

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WTA Doubles Draw,

Rosie Casals Group,

1. Krejcikova/Siniakova
3. Gauff/Pegula
6. Xu/Yang
8. Krawczyk/Schuurs

Pam Shriver Group.

2. Dabrowski/Olmos
4. Kudermetova/Mertens
5. Kichenok/Ostapenko
7. Danilina/Haddad Maia.
 

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Monday Order of Play,

3pm Krejcikova/Siniakova vs Krawczyk/Schuurs

Not before 5pm,

Pegula vs Sakkari ( rematch of their final in Mexico last week)

Not before 7pm,

Jabeur v Sabalenka

Followed by,

Gauff/Pegula vs Xu/Yang
 

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Sakkari with a chance to close the first here, but can she do it? Nope. Hard fought first set, but now they got to TB.
 

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Sad to see hardly any fans in the stadium, I guess it must be Halloween and people are out celebrating

Sakkari wins the 1st set 76 (6)

Come on Jess you will have to beat her in 3
 

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She's not really feeling it yet. Maybe the high bounce

I personally dont like the courts, anyway players have to adjust their games accordingly
I am having computer trouble as well, cant seem to get back into post at TF ........
 

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I am getting a new computer tomorrow cant come soon enough

Sakkari wins 76 (6) 76 (4) over Pegula, these courts are slower, higher bounce, suited Sakkari and she deserved her win
Players will just have to adjust their games, much different conditions to Mexico
Jess has to team up with Coco later for their doubles match
 
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Breaks of serve was the order of the 2nd set between Jabeur v Sabalenka, Ons won the 1st set 63, Sabalenka serving for the 2nd set, 5-4, broken and Ons try to serve for the match at 6-5, broken and the set went to 6 all, where Sabalenka won the 2nd set 76 (5), Ons did have a mini break in the t/break as well and DF, that is usually the trade mark of Sabalenka lol!
Going to a decider now in this match
 

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Todays results of the doubles matches,

No 1 Krejcikova/Siniakova 64 63 d No 8 Krawczyk/Schuurs

No 6 Y.XU /Z.Yang d No 3 Gauff/Pegula 64 46 10-7
 
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Tuesday WTA Finals Day 2,

Order of play,

Doubles match starts at 3.00pm,

V. Kudermetova/E. Mertens (4) vs L.Kichenok/J. Opstapenko (5)

Singles match not before 5pm,

I. Swiatek (1) vs D. Kasatkina (8)

Singles match not before 7pm,

C. Gauff (4) vs C. Garcia (6)

Followed by Doubles match,

G.Dabrowski/G.Olmos (2) vs A.Danlina/B.Haddad Maia (7)
 
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Apparently Tennis Channel doesn’t have the rights to air this tournament? I’ve been watching all day, and have only seen the men’s matches from Paris.
 
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