2017 WTA Finals

Round Robin Recap: The story of the WTA Finals White Group

Relive the ups and downs of the White Group in this year's WTA Finals.

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Former World No.1 Karolina Pliskova will be in Melbourne (Getty)
02 /12
Having played just two matches since the US Open, Venus Williams was unable to find the form that took her to the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals in her first match in Singapore (Getty)
03 /12
In the only possible match between Slam holders here, Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza beat Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-4, avenging a defeat in Wuhan last month (Getty)
04 /12
The youngest player at the 2017 WTA Finals, Jelena Ostapenko had come into the tournament in good form following a title and two semifinals in Asia - but didn't get the start she wanted (Getty)
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Jelena Ostapenko's situation didn't improve in her second match: though she battled hard in an epic three-setter, she ultimately fell 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-5 to Venus Williams (Getty)
06 /12
Playing her first WTA Finals since 2009, Venus Williams was delighted to seal her first ever win in Singapore (Getty)
07 /12
By contrast, Karolina Pliskova's tournament continued to be free of drama as she notched up a second 6-2, 6-2 scoreline over Garbiñe Muguruza to seal her semifinal spot (Getty)
08 /12
Garbiñe Muguruza's loss to Karolina Pliskova left her needing victory over Venus Williams in her final round robin match to progress to the semifinals (Getty)
09 /12
Garbiñe Muguruza didn't get that victory, falling 7-5, 6-4 to Venus Williams to put an end to her tournament (Getty)
10 /12
Champion in 2008, Venus Williams avenged her Wimbledon final loss to Garbiñe Muguruza to move into her fifth WTA Finals semifinal (Getty)
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Karolina Pliskova had already sealed her final four spot, but couldn't find an answer in her last group match to Jelena Ostapenko, falling 6-3, 6-1 (Getty)
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WTA Finals debutante Jelena Ostapenko's facial expressions have become one of her trademarks - and she finally got to use her victory smile after scoring a win over Karolina Pliskova (Getty)

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