Aryna Sablanka ended the season, losing to Ukrainian Olina Svitolina in the third round of the last WTA tournament.
For the first time since 2021, the Belarusian did not reach the semi-finals. The athletes' meeting, which lasted one hour and 53 minutes, ended with a score of 6:3, 3:6, 6:1.
Sabalenka is ranked second in the WTA rankings. In 2022 and 2025 the Belarusian athlete reached the final, and in 2023 and 2024 she lost to her rivals in the semi-finals.
Svitolina is the sixth racket in the world, winner of the 2018 tournament and finalist in 2019. In the semi-finals she will play against the Czech tennis player Linda Noskova.