WTL: Tim and Rybakina led the Hawks to the title

Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Elena Rybakina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova secured the title at this year’s World Tennis League exhibition tournament and made a surprisingly grand final on Saturday (December 24).

Despite Alexander Zverev’s defeat in the men’s match of the day, Elena Rybakina and Dominic Thiem stepped in to clean up the “Hawks” and in doing so put their signature in the title match.

The Wimbledon champion caused the big surprise of the day in Dubai as she opened the scoring for her team in rubber and won the world’s No. 1 tennis player, Iga Sfiodek, in straight sets!

The Kazakh and No. 21 in the WTA world rankings forcefully urged the 21-year-old Pole 6-3, 6-1 and made it 1-0 for the Hawks and finished their week with 3-0 wins and a 6-0 record in sets won.

Felix Auxerre Aliasim, with a win 6-4, 6-3via Alexander Zverev, equalized the final a little later and kept the kites alive in the hunt for the trophy.

The World Tennis League title was decided in doubles, with Dominic Thiem and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova winning 7-6(4), 6-3 Holger Rune and Sania Mirza.

SOURCE: Tennis24