China's Zheng Qinwen reached the semifinals of the WTA Finals after claiming an impressive 6-1, 6-1 win over Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini on Wednesday. In her WTA Finals debut, the 22-year-old became the youngest player to reach the semifinals since Petra Kvitova in 2011.

Zheng Qinwen crushed Jasmine Paolini to secure a place in the WTA Finals last four on her tournament debut. The 22-year-old, China's Olympic gold medallist in the summer, showcased her power in an easy 6-1 6-1 win that eliminated Italian Paolini.

Preview, head-to-head history, and television listings for the WTA Finals match between Jasmine Paolini and Qinwen Zheng.

ROME, NOV 6 - Italy's Jasmine Paolini was knocked out of the WTA Finals in Riyadh Wednesday losing 6-1 6-1 to Qinwen Zheng in the last match of the purple group's round robin. The Chinese Olympic champ,

Aryna Sabalenka (No. 1) will take on fellow top-10 resident Jasmine Paolini (No. 4) in the Round Robin at the Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara on Monday, November 4.Sabalenka’s last match was a

(Reuters) -World number one Aryna Sabalenka secured a semi-final berth at the WTA Finals by beating Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini 6-3 7-5 on Monday to stay unbeaten in the purple round-robin group.