Kontaveit scoops fourth title of 2021 to secure WTA Finals spot
The Hindu
The WTA finals will take place in Mexico from November 10-17, having been relocated from Shenzhen because of travel restrictions in China caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
Anett Kontaveit said greater self-belief was the foundation for her victory over Romania's Simona Halep in the final of the Transylvania Open on October 31, which secured the eighth and final spot in the WTA Finals for the Estonian.
The 25-year-old captured her fourth title of the season with the 6-2, 6-3 victory over Halep in Cluj-Napoca, also ensuring she would move into the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time at number eight.
"I'm still unsure of what's going on!" Kontaveit told reporters.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.