Swiatek and Sabalenka are favorites for the 2024 WTA Finals.

Belorussian Arina Sabalenko and varnish Iva Swiatek number 1 and 2 in the world ranking, they lead purple and orange groups belonging WTA Final which are held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) from November 2 to 9 between the eight best tennis players of 2024, a tournament in which the Swiss defends the title against the great favorite after eight editions in which no tennis player has repeated the title.

You can follow the tournament live on Teledeporte and RTVE Play, With two games a daywhich begins on Saturday with fights between Aryna Sabalenka and Qingvien Cheng at 16:00, followed by a fight between Jasmine Paolini and Elena Rybakina, both of the Purple Group.

Sabalenka, the WTA leader, is keen to confirm her big moment in the tournament. Purple group in which she will fight with the Italian Jasmine Paolini, Kazakh Elena Rybakina, and Chinese Qinwen Cheng, while Swiatek aims to become the first to repeat the title since Serena Williams in 2014 by competing Orange group frent out Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and the Czech Republic Barbora Krejcikova.

Since 2015, when Serena Williams won her fourth title and third in a row, No tennis player has managed to retain a title after nine years and eight titles.a cycle that began with the victory of Poland’s Agnieszka Roma Radwanska and continued with the victories of Slovakia Dominika Cibulkova, Dane Caroline Wozniacki, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, Australian Ashleigh Barty, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza, France’s Caroline Garcia and Sama Swiatek in 2023.

With a 70% increase in prize money, Iga Swiatek becomes the defending champion after defeating Jessica Pegula in the 2023 final with a crushing score of 6-1, 6-0. Swiatek and Sabalenka, who dominated the top positions of the rankingsare the favorites for the final, although players such as Gauff, who has had a good year, and Krejcikova, who has experience in the tournament, have options.