SINGLES:

All Eyes on Beijing
Following the finals in Wuhan, all eyes will be on Beijing as the Road to Singapore heats up and enters the final stages – as the countdown to the start of the WTA Finals winds down.

In singles, three players have qualified – Angelique Kerber, Serena Williams and Simona Halep – leaving five spots on the table entering the China Open, a Premier Mandatory event awarding up to 1,000 points to the champion. Meanwhile in doubles, nine teams remain in contention for the final five spots.

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Knocking on Qualification’s Door

Karolina Pliskova and Agnieszka Radwanska are closing in on qualification but they will need to reach the quarterfinals or semifinals (depending on the Wuhan final results). However, if some results fall in their favor, Pliskova and Radwanska could qualify as early as the opening weekend in Beijing.

HOW PLISKOVA & RADWANSKA CAN QUALIFY

1. Madison Keys fails to reach 3r AND Carla Suárez Navarro fails to reach SF

2. Keys fails to reach 3r AND neither Svetlana Kuznetsova nor Johanna Konta reach the final, nor Kvitova wins title (if she wins Wuhan)

3. Suárez Navarro fails to reach SF and neither Kuznetsova or Konta reach final nor Kvitova wins title (if she wins Wuhan)

NOTE: Kuznetsova, Konta, Kvitova are all in the bottom half

Six of Nine Players Ranked Inside RTS Top 12 on Bottom Half of Draw

While Pliskova and Radwanska are next in line to qualify, Garbiñe Muguruza, Dominika Cibulkova and Madison Keys round out the Top 8 of our live leaderboard. Carla Suárez Navarro is next in line followed by Svetlana Kuznetsova, Johanna Konta and Petra Kvitova.

Four of these – Muguruza, Keys, Kuznetsova and Kvitova are all in the same quarter of the Beijing draw, creating some exciting early round matchups at the China Open.

Road to Singapore Update:

Qualified: Angelique Kerber, Serena Williams, Simona Halep

Current Projected Top 8 (5 Spots Remaining)

Next in Line with points behind current projected cut-off (3137)

DOUBLES:

Mattek-Sands/Safarova Seek Wuhan Title, Singapore Qualification

Playing in their seventh tournament together this year, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova have a chance to qualify for the WTA Finals for the second consecutive year on Saturday, but they will need to defeat Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova in the Wuhan final in order to do so.

Wuhan will be the fourth final this year for Mattek-Sands/Safarova, having won titles at Miami and the US Open, while also finishing as runner-up in Charleston. They will move to RTS No.5 if they are runners-up in Wuhan.

Mirza/Strycova Closing in on Top 8

Although this is only the fourth tournament of the year for Mirza/Strycova, the two have posted a 15-1 record winning titles at Cincinnati and Tokyo. Their only loss thus far has been to Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline GarcIa, currently the top ranked doubles team in 2016, at the US Open in the quarterfinals.

Despite forming the late-season partnership, Mirza/Strycova are rapidly climbing the Road to Singapore leaderboard. By advancing to the final, they will move to No.11 and cam climb to No.9 with the Wuhan title.

Qualified: Garcia/Mladenovic, Hingis/Mirza, Makarova/Vesnina

Current Projected Top 8 (5 Spots Remaining)

Remaining Teams in Possible Contention with points behind projected cutoff (3270)

*Atawo/Spears, Xu/Zheng and Klepac/Srebotnik are in the same quarter of the draw

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