Zheng Qinwen cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jasmine Paolini to reach the semifinals of the WTA Finals. Zheng needed just over an hour to defeat Paolini in

Jasmine Paolini made her career debut at the WTA Finals on Saturday and it was a winning one, as she battled past Elena Rybakina in her first round-robin match of the week, 7-6 (5), 6-4. She’s the first Italian player to compete—and win a match—at the WTA Finals since Flavia Pennetta back in 2015.

World No. 4 Jasmine Paolini revealed she was "so nervous" throughout the entire match against Jasmine Paolini and admitted that the Chinese serving exceptionally only made it harder for her out there.

Zheng is the youngest player to reach the semifinals in her first appearance at the WTA Finals since Petra Kvitova in 2011. It’s her seventh semifinal of the year and the first

While the final WTA Rankings have begun taking shape, there is still plenty of tennis left to be played. The first match of Wednesday's Group Stage matches at the WTA Finals led off with a highly anticipated meeting between Jasmine Paolini and Qinwen Zheng.

China's Zheng Qinwen reached the semi-finals of the WTA Finals in Riyadh after claiming an impressive 6-1 6-1 win over Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini on Wednesday. In her WTA Finals debut, the 22-year-old became the youngest player to reach the semi-finals since Petra Kvitova in 2011.