Sixth seeds Ellen Perez and Nicole Melichar-Martinez will vie for a berth within the WTA Finals decider for the second 12 months operating after profitable their ultimate group-stage match on the season-ending championships.
The Australian-American duo eased previous high seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko 6-1 6-3 in Riyadh for a second win from three clashes to complete second within the Inexperienced Group.
“We made lots of first serves and had been capable of jam them up fairly effectively,” Perez informed wtatennis.com. “We stored actually optimistic and energetic, and that was the objective for the match – simply to remain upbeat.”
By means of to the ultimate 4 🤩🤩@EllenPerez95 and her American doubles companion Nicole Melichar-Martinez end the WTA Finals group stage with a 2-1 file and can compete within the occasion’s semifinals👏#GoAussies #WTAFinalsRiyadh pic.twitter.com/KEOy1jzYcD
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Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend remained unbeaten on high of the group after they ended third seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens’ marketing campaign, which ensured Perez and Melichar-Martinez’s development to the knockout stage.
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Perez and Melichar-Martinez’s final 12 months reached the title match on the WTA Finals in Cancan the place they fell to Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva.
The pair will bid to go one higher this 12 months after a season that has included WTA 500 titles collectively in San Diego and Unhealthy Homburg and runners-up showings in Dubai and Linz.
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