Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka moved closer to clinching the year-end World No. 1 ranking on Sunday by dominating Greece’s Maria Sakkari in a group-stage opener at the WTA Finals. Sabalenka, 25, from Belarus, who captured this year’s Australian Open title, fired six aces and 17 winners while saving all five break points she faced to dispatch Sakkari 6-0, 6-1 at the season-ending event in Cancun, Mexico.

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