On the 8th day of the WTA Finals total prize money of $9 million held in Cancun, Mexico, on the 6th, Civion Tech defeated Aryna Sabalenka No. 1, Belarus 2-0 6-3 6-2 in the singles semifinals. 토토 Prior to this, Pegula also beat Coco Goff 3rd, USA 2-0 6-2 6-1 in the semifinals the previous day and came first to the finals.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to finish the semifinals on the 5th and play the final on the 6th, but the semifinals between Civion Tech and Sabalenka were delayed by a day due to bad weather the previous day.
If Civion Tech wins the final, it will regain its No. 1 position in the world rankings. Civion Tech gave Sabalenka the world’s No. 1 ranking after the U.S. Open in early September this year, and if he wins this tournament, he will return to the top in about two months. In addition, after the tournament, the world’s No. 1 player will keep the world’s No. 1 player until the end of this year.
The WTA Finals is the final match of the season in which the top eight players in the world rankings are invited to determine the winner through a semifinal tournament after the group stage. At the end of the tournament, only the WTA 125 series competitions, which are one grade lower than the tour, will continue until the end of the year. Civion Tech and Pegula’s opponent record is 5 wins and 3 losses, leading Civion Tech.
However, Pegula has met three times this year and has a 2-1 record, and Pegula also won 2-1 6-2 6-7 <4-7> 6-4 in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup in August, the latest showdown. Pegula is a Korean-born player whose mother Kim Pegula was born in Seoul and adopted to the United States, and won the WTA Tour Hana Bank Korea Open in Seoul in October.