Timea Babos reached her fourth WTA Finals title match and Luisa Stefani her first as the Hungarian-Brazilian team defeated Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko in the Riyadh semifinals, coming from a break down to win both sets.

Gauff won the 2024 WTA Tour Finals, also in Riyadh, beating Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2). The current world No. 3 won four of her five matches last year, becoming the youngest champion since Maria Sharapova in 2004.

Elena Rybakina made tennis history by reaching the WTA Finals semifinal as she is the first Kazakh tennis player to reach the last-four stage at the prestigious season-ending tournament.

Amanda Anisimova outlasted Iga Swiatek in the WTA Finals to set up a semifinal with Elena Rybakina. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Sometimes, at this late juncture of the WTA Finals’ round-robin matches, the semifinal scenarios can be daunting.

Projected to end the 2025 season ranked just behind rival Aryna Sabalenka at No. 2, the Pole spoke at length about processing defeats in the years since she first topped the WTA rankings in 2022.

On Friday, Rybakina will try to clinch her 10th consecutive win when she takes on Jessica Pegula at the WTA Finals. Going into the match, the Kazakh - who defeated the American 6-4 6-1 during Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers earlier this year - owns a 3-2 record in their head-to-head.

Jessica Pegula did exactly what she needed to do Thursday to put herself in position to advance to the semifinals in Riyadh, defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour. She now awaits the results of Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff,

The US Open champion is still trying to regain her form on the court. But away from it, the British beauty is still on fire.