Arina Sobolenko – Yelena Rybakina. Forecast and announcement for the WTA Finals 2025

On November 8, at the Final tournament in Riyadh, the final match will be held between Arina Sobolenko (WTA 1) and Yelena Rybakina (WTA 6).

The meeting will start at 18:00 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with betting announces the upcoming match!

Arina Sobolenko

Arina Sobolenko’s entry into the finals of the final tournament did not become a sensation, because she is the leader of the world ranking. In the group, the athlete looked confident, although the opponents were strong. First, there was a victory over the Italian Jasmine Paolini – 6:3, 6:1, and then she coped with the American Pegula – 6:4, 2:6, 6:3. Even with two victories, the ticket to the semi-finals was not secured, in the third match, the tennis player defeated Coco Goff – 7:6, 6:2.

The semi-final against the unyielding Amanda Anisimova turned out tense and difficult – 6:3, 3:6, 6:3. It is nice to end the season with the first racket in the world and to take the final tournament as an addition, Sobolenko has such an opportunity, she is in shape, although the opponent is difficult.

Yelena Rybakina

For most of the season, Rybakina did not live up to expectations, showing her tennis only in places. She got in shape before the Final Tournament, so reaching the finals can be considered natural. At the group stage, the athlete defeated Anisimov – 6:3, 6:1, and was able to overcome Svyontek – 3:6, 6:1, 6:0. In the last match of the group, she coped with Kateryna Aleksandrova – 6:4, 6:4, who replaced the American Madison Keys.

In the semifinals there was a difficult battle against Jessica Pegula, it is not surprising that the match lasted three sets – 4:6, 6:4, 6:3. There is one step left to the title, but you need to beat the leader of the world ranking. Rybakina is exactly in that form, when she is able to cope with any opponent.

Personal meetings

Tennis players have a long history of head-to-head confrontations, they played each other 13 times, until the score was 8:5 in favor of Sobolenko. Athletes crossed three times this year, the Belarusian “neutral” also leads here – 2:1.

Forecast

A battle worthy of the final awaits us, the athletes deserved to fight for the title, if only because they won all the matches at the tournament, although they could theoretically lose in the group.

Bookmakers have Sobolenko as a slight favorite, but two strong and experienced tennis players will meet. There is a high probability that such a meeting will drag on, I suggest making a bet here on a total of more than 21.5 games at 1.68.