Nine of her 10 career victories have come on hard courts. With that much out of the way for both, Sabalenka showed how comfortable she was on the temporary indoor hard court at Dickies Arena. 1 when she beat Swiatek in round-robin play at last year's WTA Finals, but neither player made the semifinals. Just like that, it was over when the 21-year-old from Poland lost the last five games against a player she had beaten in all four meetings this season. Open champion and runaway leader with eight tour victories, cruised through three round-robin victories, losing just 13 games to give her the longest winning run against top-10 opponents since Steffi Graf won 17 straight in 1987.
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