Winners play winners, and losers play losers to try to get a W on the board, in these final second-round pool matches.
Could Coco Gauff reset from a not-atypical struggle with her serve and forehand and take it to Jasmine Paolini?
Surprisingly, they were 3-3. Gauff defeated her in the Wuhan semifinals last month. But Paolini won the previous three, most recently a three-set comeback win in Cincinnati on hard courts. This time, Paolini didn’t have much pushback in her.
Also – a boffo doubles match between (in our opinion) the two finest doubles teams in the world: Siniakova and Townsend and the Cana-Kiwis, Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe. After losses in their last two big encounters, Siniakova and Townsend prevail.
(Riyadh is 8 hours ahead of EST)
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Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Surface: Indoor Hard
Category: Finals
Dates: Nov. 1 – 8, 2025
Prize money: $15,500,000
Draws: S8 – D8
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025
Final results
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Steffi Graf Group
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def [5] Jessica Pegula (USA) 64 26 63
[3] Coco Gauff (USA) def [8] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 63 62
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Liezel Huber Group
[7] Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) def [5] Mirra Andreeva / Diana Shnaider (RUS) 75 26 [10-7]
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