WTA Finals - Barty takes it

I first noticed that the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) finals were taking place when I read about a back-and-forth match between Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova to get into the semi-finals.  I would have liked to see this 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 match, but probably won't get the chance.  So Halep's highlight this year was obviously the Wimbledon championship.

Pliskova was the winner of the WTA match, but she didn't make it to the final, where Ashleigh Barty defeated Elena Svitolina in fairly routine fashion, 6-4, 6-3.   The match had some good points, and Barty had never defeated Svitolina before.

Barty also garnered the No. 1 spot in the world rankings, too.  That's a heck of a first year.