WTA Finals is the final tournament for 8 best female players of the year. This year, the tournament was held in Guadalajara, Mexico instead of in Tianjin, China as expected. The reason comes from the complicated effects of Covid-19 pandemic.
This is the first time Mexico has hosted WTA Finals. According to the announcement of the World Tennis Federation, WTA Finals next year will return to Tianjin. The city still has a contract to host until 2030.
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Currently, WTA Finals 2021 has identified 8 players attending including: Aryna Sabalenka, Karolina Pliskova, Barbora Krejcikova, Iga Swiatek, Maria Sakkari, Garbine Muguruza, Paula Badosa, Anettavaveit.
The 8 players are divided into 2 groups. The Chichen Itza table includes Sabalenka No. 1 seed, No. 4 Sakkari, No. 5 Swiatek and No. 7 Badosa. Teotihuacan table includes No. 2 seed Krejcikova, No. 3 Pliskova, No. 6 Muguruza and No. 8 Kontaveit. The name of these 2 tables is located in 2 old cities in the host country.
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The format at WTA Finals is as follows. The players in each table will compete in a circle 1 turn. The two players most and second each table will win tickets to the semi -finals and finals. First Group A will meet second in Group B and vice versa. The matches take place in the form of 3 sets 2.
Barty is the champion of the tournament. In 2019, Australian tennis player defeated Ukraine Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–3 to be crowned. However, Barty announced that this year's withdrawal to prepare for Australia to expand next year.
With the absence of Barty, Sabalenka is being most appreciated for the championship. The world's No. 2 player won the championship at Abu Dhabi at the beginning of the year, then in turn reached the final of Miami Open, the Stuttgart Open finals, the Madrid Open champion, the Wimledon semi -finals and the US Open semi -finals.
