Washington, Nov. 10 -- Four-time Grand Slam winner Aryna Sabalenka overcame Karolina Muchova 7-6 (2), 7-5 to win her Group 2 opener of the WTA Finals at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Although Sabalenka squandered two set points and was forced into the tiebreak in the first set, she did not meet much challenge later on and capitalized on Muchova's forehand error to take the first set on Monday.
The Belarusian served out for the second set to win the match in under two hours.
"I feel like this year, Indian Wells overall because we're here, has been really good for me," Sabalenka was quoted as saying by the WTA official website.
"So I really hope that this is going to help me at the Finals. I think just trying to take it as [another] nor...