Hsieh Su-wei and Jelena Ostapenko took the lead in the Martina Navratilova Group with a straight-sets defeat of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini to begin WTA Finals action in Riyadh on Monday. By the end of the day,

Gauff's 6-3, 6-2 win eliminates Paolini from semifinal contention no matter the upcoming result against Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula.

Jasmine Paolini is playing today in the final of the Italian Open against the American Coco Gauff. The last Italian to achieve this was Sara Errani in 2014, who was defeated on that occasion by the then world number one Serena Williams. Now it's the turn ...