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The result means that Swiatek can't move up
from No. 2 in the rankings this week, so Aryna Sabalenka will
finish the year at No. 1 for the first time.
It was Gauff’s first victory over Swiatek since the 2023
Cincinnati Open, snapping a four-match losing skid head-to-head.
Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, also put an end to five-time
Grand Slam champ Swiatek's six-match unbeaten run at the WTA
Finals, an event the Polish star won a year ago.
The win moved Gauff to 2-0 in the Orange Group, while Swiatek
fell to 1-1. Swiatek had rallied to beat Barbora Krejcikova in
three sets on Sunday in her first match in two months.
Krejcikova, the Wimbledon champion, kept her chances of
advancing alive with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Jessica Pegula. That
eliminated Pegula, who lost in straight sets to Gauff in their
opening match in Saudi Arabia.
Krejcikova was the last player to qualify for the event for the
top eight players on the women's tennis tour, earning her berth
thanks to her Grand Slam title at the All England Club in July.
At No. 13, she became the lowest-ranked player to win a WTA
Finals match since Magda Maleeva 22 years ago.
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