Overview
- World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka swept Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-1 in about 70 minutes in her 500th tour match.
- Jessica Pegula outlasted defending champion Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 to join Sabalenka at the top of the Stefanie Graf group.
- Sabalenka and Pegula are scheduled to face each other next in group play following their opening-day victories.
- The WTA Finals in Riyadh features the year’s top eight singles players in two round-robin groups, with the top two advancing to the semifinals.
- In doubles, Luisa Stefani and Timea Babos fell to Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 3-6, 10-6 and will next meet Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider.