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My name's Cam Williams and the WTA finals draw has just come out And we have some interesting matchups in the group stage for the WTA finals Of course, it's happening in Texas this year It was in Mexico last year and it used to be in Asia but because of restrictions It's been moved and it's gonna be a big big event over the next week Let's go have a look at the group stage and some of the matchups that we're gonna be seeing So we've got two groups of four players the top eight players of the world and Tracy Austin group We have Shveontech the world number one golf the world number four Garcia the world number six and Kazakina the world number eight So familiar names for eager Shveontech and of course we know about that Garcia matchup And then we've got the Nancy Ritchie group with Jabir the number two Pagola the number three Sakurai the number five and Sabalenka the number seven and we've seen a few of those players play over the last few months as well So that's gonna be a lot of fun to watch Let's zoom in on the Tracy Austin group to start with and look at the potential matchups Remember everyone has to play each other in the group stage and the top two players of the group with the best records go to the semi-finals So Shveontech her record against Cocoa Goff is four and zero and the last time they played was in San Diego a few weeks ago Where Shveontech got the win and ended up winning the trophy your favorable matchup there for Shveontech against Garcia She's got a 1-1 record with Garcia winning their last match Which was a clay court event in Poland just after Wimbledon and then against Kazakina Shveontech has a 4-1 record against with their last match being at the French Open in that semi-finals So two really good matches there for Shveontech and the one tough one being the one against Garcia Now if we look at Cocoa Goff's record against her group, of course, she hasn't won a match against Shveontech We just mentioned that they played a lot this year and the last time being in San Diego against Garcia She has a 2-1 record against so she's got a positive record But she did just lose to Garcia at the US Open a couple of months ago and against Kazakina She has not beaten her and the two times they played 0-2 against Kazakina The last time being in Stuttgart earlier this season so very tough group for Goff Having lost her previous matches to everyone in this group so she's going to have to turn it around Having a look at the Garcia head-to-head, of course, she's got a 1-1 record against Shveontech Winning their last match so that's very interesting to see how they pair up against Goff She has a 1 win 2 loss record But like I said, she did beat Goff at the US Open a couple months ago And she's got a 1-1 record against Kazakina With Kazakina winning their last match last year in San Jose So it's been a while since she's played Kazakina So an interesting little part there for Garcia We expect her to do well based on her form in the last six months But it's going to be a little tricky especially that Kazakina match It might be the one that decides it And then talking about Kazakina She's got a 1-4 record against Shveontech The last time they played was the French Open So not a great record there Against Goff, she's won both their matches With their last match being in Stuttgart a few months ago And as I mentioned just the two matches against Garcia Split down the middle at 1-1 They haven't played for over a year So I reckon it's going to come down to that If Shveontech wins all her matches The winner of Garcia versus Kazakina It's probably going to make up the second semifinal I think Goff's got the toughest draw for sure Let's go over and look at the Nancy Richie Group now And I think this is the one that's going to be the most random Because of the form that most of these players are in So let's start with Jabez record against the rest of the group So against Pagula she's got a 3-2 record A winning record And she won their last match was in Madrid Which was the final of Madrid Before the French Open Against Zachary she's got a 2-1 record against her And she won their last match in Rome Which was an absolute epic Coming back from I think it was 5-2 down Or something in the final set So they've played some really fun matches And then against Sabalenka She's got a losing record One win, two losses But they haven't played since Wimbledon last year So it's been a long, long time Since they've crossed paths So a good little draw there for Jabez Got some winning form over some players But I think that Sabalenka matchup Is going to be really interesting Looking at Pagula now And as I just mentioned against Jabez She's got a 2-3 losing record With their last match being that Madrid final a few months ago Against Zachary she's got a losing record as well 2-3 but she did just beat Zachary In the final of Guadalajara a couple of weeks ago So she'll be feeling good about that And she has a bad record against Sabalenka One win, three losses With their last match being in Rome Sabalenka winning it So that could be a little tricky there for Pagula And remember she's also playing doubles with Coco Goff So she might even get a little bit more tired Than the rest of them Having a look at Zachary's record She's got a losing record against Jabez One and two but of course they played that Epic in Rome A few months ago Against Pagula she's got a winning record But of course they just played two weeks ago And Pagula got the win So maybe the confidence against Pagula isn't quite there Based on the recent form So that'd be a tough matchup And then against Sabalenka She's got a losing record Two wins four losses But she did beat Sabalenka this time last year In the WTA finals But that was an epic match It was very very close So it's hard to say that Zachary could beat her again Based on the head to head But we'll see I mean Zachary did surprise us in Guadalajara And then Sabalenka the final player in this group She has a winning record against Jabez Two-one but they haven't played since Wimbledon last year She has a winning record over Pagula Three-one with her last win being in Rome against Pagula And she has a four-two record Winning record against Zachary Hasn't played her for a year And lost their last match So in terms of who's got the best record against their group Sabalenka's beaten every player multiple times in this group She has a winning record against all of them So confidence-wise Sabalenka should be feeling good Let me know down in the comments below What do you reckon is going to happen? Who do you think is going to win? Is anyone going to beat Shfiontek? I think that's the real question Does anyone pose a threat against Igor Shfiontek? Because she's beaten all these players this year Except for Garcia Except for Garcia But Garcia has gone through a lot right now She just split with her coach So is Garcia's head going to be in the game? That's the question I think it might be that Garcia-Shfiontek match That we're all looking forward to the most Let me know down in the comments below What do you reckon? Who's going to win the WTA finals this year?