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No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus needed just 70 minutes to crush No. 8 Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-1 in her opening match at the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.
She capitalized on 11 aces and five service breaks.
Sabalenka already clinched the No. 1 year-end ranking and now is playing to win her first WTA Fina
