Yangcheng Evening News reporter Long Xi and intern Li Zeyu reported: On November 5, the 2022 WTA year-end finals ended the fifth match day in the United States.
The Chinese team Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan lost to the United States and the Netherlands team Krautsk/Scholes, and finally missed the promotion with 1 win and 2 losses in the group stage.
In the women's doubles group stage, Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan lost to Krautsk/Scholes 6-7, 3-6.
In the first set, Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan missed the serve to win the game when they were leading 5-3, and were dragged into the tiebreak by Krautzke/Scholes and lost.
In the second set, Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan's performance fluctuated, and they were broken by their opponents for five serve games, and finally lost to their opponents for the third time this season.
Krautsk, who is fighting locally, has reached the women's doubles semifinals for the first time in his career, while Scholes has partnered with different players to advance to the women's doubles semifinals for three consecutive years.
The defending champion, the Czech duo Krejickova/Siniakova swept the American duo Gauff/Pegula 2-0, and advanced to the finals for two consecutive finals with a record of three victories in the group stage.
Pegula ended the finals with a six-game losing streak in singles and doubles;
In the women's singles group stage, Belarusian Sabalenka defeated Pegula 2-0, winning four consecutive victories against the latter.
Sabalenka qualified second in the group with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, and will face the other group leader Swatek in the semi-finals.
Greece's Sakari swept Tunisia's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2-0 to avenge the loss at this year's Rome Station, and secured the top spot in the group with a perfect record of three wins without losing a set.
("Yangcheng Evening News" November 06, 2022 Edition: A04"