2024 WTA Finals: Day 5 Analysis
Featured match: Paolini vs Zheng
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Round-robin action in the Purple group came down to a clash between Jasmine Paolini and Qinwen Zheng to decide who would take second place and join Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals. So this was the obvious choice for featured match of the day.
Even though the day’s other match between Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina carried no qualifying implications - Sabalenka had already secured first place while Rybakina was eliminated - it ended up as yet another quality match in this captivating rivalry. So it was also worthy of analysis, posted here.
Featured Match — Day 5
#4 Jasmine Paolini vs #7 Qinwen Zheng
H-2-H: Zheng led 3-0
Last meeting: Zheng 6-2 3-6 6-3 — 2024 WTA 1000 Wuhan QF, hardcourt
In the most one-sided of their 4 career meetings, Zheng needed just 67 minutes to beat Paolini 6-1, 6-1.