Sabalenka and Swiatek as usual supects for sure at WTA finals but what about the others?

Four notable players have cemented their place in the WTA Finals 2023 event. The competition will be played from October 29 to November 05 in Cancun, Mexico.

As per the latest rankings, four top players have already qualified for the mega-event.

The first big name to qualify is the current world number one Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka. The 25-year-old has recently suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the final of the US Open to America’s young sensation Coco Gauff with a score of 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Second on the list features the former world number one and current world number two Poland’s Iga Swiatek.

The 22-year-old had a disappointing outing in the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year where she was defending her title as well.

Swiatek was knocked out of the competition after losing to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Third in the list features the newly-crowned US Open champion Gauff who has been in sublime form in the recent past.

The fourth and the last confirmed player for the WTA Finals this year is Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina. The 24-year-old also did not have a great outing in the US Open 2023 where she was knocked out after losing the third-round fixture against Romania’s Sorana Cirstea with a score of 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.

Other notable players such as America’s Jessica Pegula, Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova, Karolina Muchova, and Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur still have some work to do before booking their spot for the mega-event.