On Saturday in Cancun, players dedicated their time to interviews and practice sessions in preparation for the tournament starting on Sunday, October 29th. Photographer Jimmie48 caught up with Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari, and other tennis stars getting ready for the prestigious Tour event.
This is the 52nd staging of the WTA Finals (which began in 1972). This year marks the first time that the tournament is hosted in Cancun and second time being hosted in Mexico as the event was staged in Guadalajara in 2021.
The singles draw features eight players and begins as a round-robin format, with four players in each group. Over the first six days of competition, each player meets the other three players in her group, with the top two in each pool moving on to the semifinals. Each of the group winners meets the runner-up in the other group in the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentCoco Gauff of the United States during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentCoco Gauff of the United States during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentDesirae Krawczyk of the United States & Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentElena Rybakina of Kazakhstan during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentIga Swiatek of Poland during practice ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentIga Swiatek of Poland during practice ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentIga Swiatek of Poland during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentIga Swiatek of Poland during practice ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentJessica Pegula of the United States during practice ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentJessica Pegula of the United States during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentJessica Pegula of the United States & Coco Gauff of the United States during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentMaria Sakkari of Greece during practice ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentMaria Sakkari of Greece during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentOns Jabeur of Tunisia during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournamentVera Zvonareva of Russia & Laura Siegemund of Germany during Media Day ahead of the 2023 WTA Finals Cancun WTA tennis tournament
