Eight of the best ready to battle it out in Singapore
The fourth edition of the WTA Finals takes place from Oct 22 to 29 at the Indoor Stadium, but it's still anyone's guess which players will qualify.
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Lee U-Wen
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THERE are just 43 days to go before the start of this year's BNP Paribas Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Singapore, and we are inching ever closer to finding out the identities of the eight singles players who will take part in the season-ending US$7 million tournament, which runs from Oct 22 to 29.
Going by the most updated WTA Finals "Road to Singapore" leaderboard, the thousands of fans at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang and the millions more watching around the world are in for a real treat. BT Weekend looks at each of the players in the top 8, who have only a few more opportunities in the next six weeks to accumulate enough ranking points to seal a precious qualifying spot.
1. Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
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