Tennis: Paolini KO'd by Zheng in WTA Finals

(ANSA) - 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, 22, world number seven, ended up second in the group to world number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and like her advances to the semi-finals of the season-ending tournament.
    Tuscan world number four Paolini, 28, lost to Sabalenka on Monday after beating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan at the weekend. (ANSA).