With their straight-sets wins on Thursday, Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula joined Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina in the semifinals at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The top-seeded Sabalenka completed a 3-0 round-robin sweep in the Stefanie Graf Group and eliminated No. 3 seed Coco Gauff 7-6 (5), 6-2 in one hour and 28 minutes.

The sixth-seeded Pegula secured the No. 2 spot in the group with a 6-2, 6-3 demolition of No. 8 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in just 63 minutes.

Pegula will meet No. 6 Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the first semifinal on Friday, followed by No. 4 Anisimova taking on Sabalenka of Belarus.

Pegula's breezy win against Paolini was a break from the norm, as her previous eight victories dating back to late September all went to three sets.

"I finally got

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