WTA Finals It is considered one of the most prestigious tournaments. WTA calendar year after four Grand Slams. It offers the highest cash prize and points to winners after four major championships. This year’s tournament was held in Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States.
On Monday, Frenchman Carolina Garcia took the biggest title of her professional career in a straight-set defeat to Aryna Sabalenka to win the prestigious WTA Finals 2022. This is his fourth singles title this year and his tenth career singles title. Sabalenka, on the other hand, won another final in 2022 but failed to win the tournament. This was the third WTA final this year.
Garcia broke Sabalenka’s resistance and took the first set 7-6 (7-4). The Belarusian made a double mistake on this set in the service, which cost the set. The French then lost 6-4 to Belarus in the second set, eventually saving the 2022 WTA Finals title for him. His win over Sabalenka in the final earned him $1.24 million with a $110,000 base entry fee.
Based on total financial rewards, the winner of WTA Finals 2022, Caroline Garcia, will take home a whopping $1.57 million. Aryna Sabalenka will receive $1.19 million for her performance throughout the tournament. The winner of the doubles event will take home $365,000.
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2022 WTA Finals: Caroline Garcia wins biggest title of her career
in it post match press conferenceCaroline Garcia was delighted to win the biggest title of her career.
“Definitely a great pleasure. A crazy finale, intense intensity at every point. I’m really proud of the work we’ve done all year. It was a great match – he really went for it. I’m really happy to have won my biggest title“said.
The French also said that the change in his mentality helped him a lot. He remained calm throughout the match and focused more on his mental health, blocking out negative emotions as much as possible.
“I’m very happy with the mentality, being really calm every moment. Not all negative emotions affect me, and that was a big part of using the few opportunities I had in the tiebreak and I broke it in the first game in the second.‘ he added.
Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka observed her performance on the field.
“I just lowered my level a bit. Tiebreak and in the first match of the second set. This much. I did my best [but] played amazing tennis“said.
The Belarusian should be proud of his performance this year. He was strong and gave his best in every tournament he played.
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