Rybakina sweeps Sabalenka, claims WTA Crown Finals and $5.235 Million – Tennis Now
By Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, November 8, 2025
Photo Credit: Fayez Nurelinine / AFP / Gentty for WTA
To refresh the patterns, Elena Rybakina saw his biggest title of the season.
The final direction of these WTA structures brought the first tennis to Riyadh.
Rybakina saved two set points in the 10th game and then dominated with a complete sweep Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 7-6 (0) to capture the championship of Mtaiden Wta.
The sixth Rybakina with pythons completes an impressive riyadh that lifts the billie Jean King title Trophy, registering a consecutive victory of 11 in a row for $ 5.235 million.
“I honestly didn’t expect the results and to come this far, it’s just amazing.” 💜#Wtafinalsriyadh pic.twitter.com/emziaqllllll
– WTA (@wta) November 8, 2025
“I was just trying to be strong from the beginning to the end,” Rybakina said CENNIS Channel’s Coco VANDEWEGE after that. “Honestly, Aryna is very difficult to play when she gets a good day of good performance. It’s not easy at all.
“I was just trying to stay strong and fight for every ball. I’m glad it went my way?
“I am very happy and proud of what I have achieved at the end of this season. To start the season is not so good and to finish like this, it is amazing.”
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It is the 10th straight WTA Finals event to produce the first champion and Rybakina pulled off a huge comeback to see it.
Usually, world no. Sabalenka commands the center of the court and the basic instruments play.
Today, Wimbledon Winner Rybakina reversed that trend in Belarus around most of the game. Although prone to swearing by predicting her forehand crosscourt, Rybakina revived the flats down the line and created sharp, short angles. Rybakina hit 13 aces to end the year with a WTA season-best aces – and saved all five points she faced.
Although the Sabalensks were the undisputed queen of the timebreaker, holding a 22-2 Timebreaker record in 2025 in today’s hole, it was Rybakina who called the shots from start to finish.
Rybakina drew five errors in a row, ripped an ace down t to earn t to earn points for membership.
With her first points of the tournament, Rybakina pulled off an improbable comeback to close a commanding week that saw her top 10 opponents in a row to return to Riyadh.
While Sabalenkosi will release two points that supported the conversion, and the poor performance of the Timebreaker, he received a $2.695 million payment date that is the Runner-up and ends the season with the WAST HIVE OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR IN THE YEAR AND FIRST NO.
“I am very grateful for the support, especially today,” Sabalenka told the Riyadh fans during the trory presentation. “Maybe not the best performance, but yes, Elena nani is a better player today.
“You drove me to the yard. You did very well. I’m glad to see you play your good tennis. Now, it’s time to get this good practice.”
Riding a 10-game winning streak in the series, Rybakina was hitting hard and deep early to force the top seed to defend at times.
Working in the fifth game, Rybakina wrapped up a run fremiand to save a break point. Rybakina hit back-to-back aces to lead 3-2.
That lifted the Kazakh, who opened the sixth game with an early forehand strike and then served up a straight break with a break point. Sabalenka’s magnificent sabalenka smashes into the net as Rybakina hits a Love Break for 4-2.
Facing a double break point in the next game, Rybakina rose again. The sixth seed cleaned up the backhand down the line and hit an angled wanded winner that helped him hold 5-2.
When Sabalenka missed back-to-back backhands, Rybakina wrapped up the opening set in 44 minutes. Rybakina ripped off 11 more winners – 16 to 5 – in that first set.
The 26-year-old Kazakh did not drop serve in the set, mixed his spins and speed well and was still in time for Sabanenka’s amazing forehand angle and line to drive the Belarusian.
In a flurry of action, Rybakina won her first 18 points in two sets, including a couple of loves.
In the ninth game, Sabalenka was pushed back by a double break point, hitting down a pair of crackling runs and hitting a winder to hold on at 5-4.
World 1 On the first point of the set, Sabalenka, dropped with a string of nets, fried with a backhand.
On the second set point, Sabalenka Netset a Backhand Return. The Belarussian rushed to the front step but again fell to her knees in disgust as Rybakina survived the threat to save two break points after 10 games.
The US Open Champion threw down a couple of aces to pull out to love holding 6-5. Rybakina fired a forehand winner to force a second timebreak.
Although Sabalenka had been on the break all season, Rybakina played inspired tennis to break the timebreaker with a self-sustaining sulph.
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It was an era that began with injury and controversy. Rybakina’s coach, Stefano Vukv, was working on a WTA suspension at the beginning of the year – he faced two other coaches, Family Hall Goran Ivanisic and Davide Sanguinetti – before going back with Vukov.
But then Rybakina rebounded with a fantastic fall season scoring 11 straight wins, capturing three tournament titles and going on to rise to world No. 5.
