Key events
We’ve a match tiebreaker going on in today’s first doubles match; the pairs are Dabrowski/Routliffe and Babos/Stefani.
Preamble
Greetings all and welcome to your afternoon fun and joy, also known as the final round of group matches in the 2025 WTA Tour Finals.
We begin with Jessica Pegula v Jasmine Paolini, plenty to be going on with, except following them on to court we’re blessed with Aryna Sabalenka v Coco Gauff – a treat in any circumstances, never mind these.
Paolini is out, having lost both her matches in a state of enthusiastic exhaustion, but the other three are fighting for two semi-final slots, Sabalenka sitting 2-0 and the others two 1-1. Depending on what happens today, these are the permutations, from least complex to most:
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If Paolini and Gauff win, Gauff wins the group and Sabalenka takes second.
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If Pegula and Sabalenka win, Sabalenka wins the group and Pegula takes second.
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If Paolini and Sabalenka both win in two, Sabalenka wins the group and Gauff takes second; If Paolini and Sabalenka both win in three, Sabalenka wins the group and Pegula takes second; if Paolini wins in three and Sabalanka wins in two, Sabalenka wins the group and Gauff takes second; and if Paolini wins in two and Sabalanka wins in three, Sabalenka wins the group and Gauff takes second.
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If Gauff and Pegula both win in two, Gauff wins the group and Pegula takes second; if Gauff and Pegula both win in three, Gauff wins the group and Sabalenka takes second; if Gauff wins in two and Pegula wins in three, Gauff wins the group and Sabalenka takes second; and if Gauff wins in three and Pegula wins in two, which players move on will be decided by the number of games won across the group.
Got it? No? Me neither, but all will soon be revealed and, in the meantime, it’s our pleasure to ignore outcome and focus on process: this is going to be good.
Play: 5pm local, 2pm GMT
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