The groups for the WTA Finals have been revealed as Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka are set to meet familiar rivals in Mexico.
Sabalenka has been drawn against close rival Elena Rybakina in her group with the duo set to meet for a fourth time this season.
Meanwhile Swiatek will take on US Open champion Coco Gauff for the fifth time this season and although the Pole has dominated the head-to-head, the American earned her first ever win over Swiatek this season in Cincinnati.
Completing Sabalenka’s group is Jessica Pegula and Maria Sakkari while Swiatek’s group involves Ons Jabeur and Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova.
Speaking ahead of the event Swiatek said regardless of her group it’s not going to be an easy event, “You’re not going to get any easy matches in WTA Finals,” Swiatek said to the WTA website.
“Obviously I faced Coco and Marketa in Beijing and US Open, so the only player I didn’t play recently is Ons. I just have to focus on myself and get used to the conditions here and everything should be fine.”
This year’s WTA Finals will take place in Cancun with the venue coming under criticism due to the lack of practice courts with the stadium still not being built when players arrived earlier in the week.
However the stadium has now been built and the stage is set for the end of the WTA season with play starting on Sunday.
The first matches in each group will see the top seed play the bottom seed while the two other seeds will face each other in the other group match.
Bacalar Group
Aryna Sabalenka (1)
Elena Rybakina (4)
Jessica Pegula (5)
Maria Sakkari (8)
Chetumal Group
Iga Swiatek (2)
Coco Gauff (3)
Ons Jabeur (6)
Marketa Vondrousova (7)
