Ostapenko and Hsieh Pose at Photo Shoot Ahead of WTA Finals

A photo shoot for participants has been held on the eve of the WTA Finals, the season-ending tennis tournament. Among those taking part were Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko and her doubles partner from Taiwan, Hsieh Su-wei. The event takes place from 8 to 14 November in Indian Wells, a small town in California, USA.

The Latvian-Taiwanese duo

Ostapenko and Hsieh will compete as a pair, which the source calls the Latvian-Taiwanese tandem. The duo has already been drawn into the Finals field. Photos from the session were published by the WTA and on Ostapenko's own social media account.

Context around the event

The WTA Finals is the season-ending tournament run by the WTA, the governing body of women's professional tennis. The source describes it as a test of endurance and nerve. Other stories surround the event: the WTA has accepted responsibility after remarks by Pegula about a rival were picked up live on air. Meanwhile, the seeded players have had mixed results at tournaments in Asia.

Ostapenko has climbed to 25th place in the WTA rankings. The source also notes that before an earlier match in Seoul she limbered up, and that she has thanked supporters after other matches.