Down a set and twice down a break in the deciding set, the 20-year-old raised her level when it mattered to cap off her season in style.

A look at their semifinal wins, and how their contrasting styles will clash in the final.

The 2023 US Open champion avenged a Wuhan defeat to Sabalenka, who is guaranteed to end the year atop the WTA rankings.

After nearly seeing a set and a double break lead evaporate, Zheng held her nerve to reel off the last three games of the first semifinal in Riyadh.

Plus, our breakdown and prediction of Zheng Qinwen vs. Barbora Krejcikova.

Barbora Krejcikova, Coco Gauff and Swiatek finished at 2-1, but Swiatek was eliminated because she has a worse percentage of sets won.

Krejcikova had to win her final round robin match to assure herself the final spot in the semis, emerging out of a tiebreaker that left defending champ Swiatek the odd woman out in Riyadh.

Zheng cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jasmine Paolini to qualify second in the Orange Group behind Aryna Sabalenka, seeking to be the first player since Williams to win the Olympics and the WTA Finals in the same year.

The Paris Olympics champion dropped just two games, firing 12 aces along the way Wednesday.

There have been four days of play, and all eight women have finished two matches. Here are five thoughts on what we’ve seen so far.

The win moved Gauff to 2-0 in the Orange Group, while Swiatek fell to 1-1.