Quarterfinals play at the US Open begins on Tuesday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens and continues into Wednesday.

Sabalenka is a former runner-up at the WTA Finals. She played the final in 2022, losing the match to Caroline Garcia. Last year, she lost to eventual champion Gauff in the semifinals.

Defending champion Coco Gauff keeps qualification hopes alive as world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka closes in on semi-finals in Riyadh; watch the ATP and WTA Tour Finals live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

Both Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula have won their respective first round robin matches in the ongoing WTA Finals in Riyadh. The 54th edition of the WTA Finals got underway on November 1, while the final will be held on November 8.

For years, Sabalenka had too much pace and offense for Pegula to handle. Now the American, one of the WTA’s best counter-punchers and power-absorbers, had finally found a way to use Sabalenka’s pace against her.