Tennis-Gauff, Garcia into WTA Finals after Sabalenka defeat in Guadalajara


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 20 Oct 2022

Tennis - WTA 1000 - Guadalajara Open - Guadalajara, Mexico - October 19, 2022 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her second round match against Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto REUTERS/Henry Romero

(Reuters) -Coco Gauff and Caroline Garcia qualified for the eight-player WTA Finals after Aryna Sabalenka lost to Liudmila Samsonova in the Guadalajara Open second round on Wednesday.

Russian Samsonova, who has won 20 of her last 22 matches, smacked 21 winners and broke the powerful Belarussian four times en route to a 6-4 2-6 6-2 upset win over the world number four.

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