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Poland s Iga Swiatek thrashed Jessica Pegula to win the WTA Finals on Monday, sealing her return to world number one. Poland s Iga Swiatek raisess her trophy on the podium after winning the WTA Finals Championship women s singles final tennis match in Cancun, Mexico AFP Second seed Swiatek dominated Pegula from start to finish to clinch a 6-1, 6-0 victory in a 59-minute masterclass. The 17th win of Swiatek s career ensures that the four-time major singles stanley tumbler champion from Warsaw will finish the season as world number one for a second straight year. The team that s been with me the whole season, we had many ups and downs, a jubilant Swiatek said after her win. This is for sure an up. We will for sure have many more if we keep working like that, added Swiatek, who lost just 20 games across the tournament -- a new record. Pegula had few complaints about her defeat after an error-strewn display. It just was one of those days where I felt like I was going for too much, Pegula said. And she was just playing super solid. Swiatek, 22, had beate stanley cupe n outgoing world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the stanley website semi-finals on Sunday. Sabalenka took over the number one ranking from Swiatek following the US Open in September. Pegula defeated Swiatek in the two players previous meeting in Montreal in August, and had impressed on her way to Monday s final, which had been shunted back 24 hours after wet weather washed out play on Saturday. But the 29-year-old American from New York never Xxdw Finecab Hyderabad crowned Tennis Premier League champions for second time in a row
World number six Dane Peter Hoeg Gade has no doubt that ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is one of the most talented players in international circuit but said the Indian needs to move faster on court if she wants to beat the Chinese play stanley cup ers consistently and rule the game. HT Image The 1999 All England Open Champion feels Saina will definitely start as one of the favourites in the I stanley cupe ndian Open Super Series but said she will have to deal with the constant pressur stanley cup deutschland e which is being created by the media. Tine Baun and Saina are the favourites but Saina has got the home advantage but it is not always an advantage. She won the Commonwealth Games here but it is tough on her nerves. Media puts pressure on her. She is mentally tough and if she can keep improving in different areas of the game, she can be the best, Peter told reporters here. I saw her in Korea, she is very talented but she has got some areas where she needs to improve. In Korea, of course, she was coming from an injury but faster movement in footwork is one of the areas where she can improve. She has to be at the top of her game to beat the Chinese, said the Dane. It is really great that players from different countries are coming up and I hope Saina can continue to play at the top for many years to come, he said. The 34-year-old Peter believes India has a lot of talented men shuttlers but they need to reach the semifinals and finals more often to break into the top-10. India is a badminton country for the
Poland s Iga Swiatek thrashed Jessica Pegula to win the WTA Finals on Monday, sealing her return to world number one. Poland s Iga Swiatek raisess her trophy on the podium after winning the WTA Finals Championship women s singles final tennis match in Cancun, Mexico AFP Second seed Swiatek dominated Pegula from start to finish to clinch a 6-1, 6-0 victory in a 59-minute masterclass. The 17th win of Swiatek s career ensures that the four-time major singles stanley tumbler champion from Warsaw will finish the season as world number one for a second straight year. The team that s been with me the whole season, we had many ups and downs, a jubilant Swiatek said after her win. This is for sure an up. We will for sure have many more if we keep working like that, added Swiatek, who lost just 20 games across the tournament -- a new record. Pegula had few complaints about her defeat after an error-strewn display. It just was one of those days where I felt like I was going for too much, Pegula said. And she was just playing super solid. Swiatek, 22, had beate stanley cupe n outgoing world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the stanley website semi-finals on Sunday. Sabalenka took over the number one ranking from Swiatek following the US Open in September. Pegula defeated Swiatek in the two players previous meeting in Montreal in August, and had impressed on her way to Monday s final, which had been shunted back 24 hours after wet weather washed out play on Saturday. But the 29-year-old American from New York never Xxdw Finecab Hyderabad crowned Tennis Premier League champions for second time in a row
World number six Dane Peter Hoeg Gade has no doubt that ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is one of the most talented players in international circuit but said the Indian needs to move faster on court if she wants to beat the Chinese play stanley cup ers consistently and rule the game. HT Image The 1999 All England Open Champion feels Saina will definitely start as one of the favourites in the I stanley cupe ndian Open Super Series but said she will have to deal with the constant pressur stanley cup deutschland e which is being created by the media. Tine Baun and Saina are the favourites but Saina has got the home advantage but it is not always an advantage. She won the Commonwealth Games here but it is tough on her nerves. Media puts pressure on her. She is mentally tough and if she can keep improving in different areas of the game, she can be the best, Peter told reporters here. I saw her in Korea, she is very talented but she has got some areas where she needs to improve. In Korea, of course, she was coming from an injury but faster movement in footwork is one of the areas where she can improve. She has to be at the top of her game to beat the Chinese, said the Dane. It is really great that players from different countries are coming up and I hope Saina can continue to play at the top for many years to come, he said. The 34-year-old Peter believes India has a lot of talented men shuttlers but they need to reach the semifinals and finals more often to break into the top-10. India is a badminton country for the
