Jasmine Paolini started the WTA Finals in Riyadh in the best possible way. The Italian defeated Elena Rybakina in straight sets, with the final score of 7-6(5) 6-4, in one hour and 44 minutes of play.

Italy’s Jasmine Paolini continued her outstanding 2024 season with a round-robin win over Elena Rybakina in straight sets (7-6, 6-4) at the 2024 WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Paolini, 28, has won 38 singles matches in 2024; her previous highest win count was 24. She was a finalist in back-to-back Grand Slams at the French Open and Wimbledon.

Today the curtain rises on the WTA Finals in Riyadh, and the spotlight is on the Italian Jasmine Paolini, who is facing the Kazakh Elena Rybakina in a remake of the Roland Garros quarterfinals.

This will indeed be a thrilling first-round match between two players at the WTA Tour Finals Group A who pulled off upsets and have shown commendable resilience this 2024. Fourth-seeded Italian Jasmine Paolini squares off against the number five seed,

Elena Rybakina acknowledges Aryna Sabalenka has been lights out over the last few months but also warns the Belarusian that she is planning to "make it difficult" for her and potentially spoil her world No.

Match information, history, and preview for the WTA Finals Group Stage match between Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini.

Aryna Sabalenka reached the semifinals of the WTA Finals with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Jasmine Paolini on Monday for a second straight victory in the group stage.

Elena Rybakina (No. 5 ranking) will meet Qinwen Zheng (No. 7) in the Round Robin at the Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara on Monday, November 4.Zheng is the favorite against Rybakina for this match,

In a battle of two top-10 players, No. 5 Elena Rybakina will meet No. 7 Qinwen Zheng in the Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara Round Robin on Monday, November 4. Watch tennis, other live sports and more on Fubo.