WTA 2018 Week 42 Preview & Race to Singapore / 여자단식 테니스 2018 일정&결과 그리고 싱가포르 레이스

From Seoul, South Korea, October 2018

1. KREMLIN CUP, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

ABOUT

The 2018 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2018 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 29th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 23nd edition for the women. The tournament is part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It is held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 15 October through 21 October 2018.

POINTS

Winner - 470 / Runner-up - 305 / Semifinalists - 185 / Quarter-finalists - 100 /

Round of 16 - 55 / Round of 32 - 1

SEEDS

Kiki Bertens and Karolina Pliskova are fighting for a place in the Singapore Finals. See a live ranking of the players at the end of this post. Unfortunately Simona Halep announced that she is withdrawing from the Kremlin Cup, as her lower back issues continue to bother her. 

FINALISTS

Daria Kasatkina (Russia) defeated Ons Jabeur (Tunisia), score 2-6, 7(7)-6(3), 6-4. She lost the first set and when she was almost losing the second one too, with Jabeur leading 4 to 1, her coach came on court and told her that she has to go, serve and if it has to lose, to lose like a champion. Coaching was effective, Daria came back and pushed the set in tiebreak.  And then, she played extraoridarily in the third set, with the fans on her side, cheering at every point. Jabeur's leg injury may have helped, but in the end Daria ended it like a champon. Congratulations!

 WINNER 

Daria Kasatkina (Russia)

FINAL HIGHLIGHTS

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2017 WINNER: Julia Gorges (Germany, left) defeated Daria Kasatkina (Russia)

2017 WINNER: Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia, right) defeated Daria Gavrilova (Australia)

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2013 WINNER: Simona Halep (Romania, right) defeated Samantha Stosur (Australia)

 

2. LUXEMBOURG OPEN

ABOUT

The 2018 BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open is a women's tennis tournament to be played on indoor hard courts sponsored by BNP Paribas. It is the 28th edition of the Luxembourg Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It is being held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg from 15 to 20 October 2018.

POINTS

Winner - 280 / Runner-up - 180 / Semifinalists - 110 / Quarter-finalists - 60

Round of 16 - 30 / Round of 32 - 1

SEEDS

FINALISTS

Julia Goerges (Germany) defeated Belinda Bencic (Switzerland), score 6-4, 7-5

 WINNER 

Julia Goerges (Germany)

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2017 WINNER:  Carina Witthoft (Germany, centre left) defeated Monica Puig (Porto Rico)

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STANDINGS BEFORE THE MOSCOW KREMLIN CUP:

Only the first 8 players go to the Singapore Finals. So far, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Caroline Wozniacki, Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova are qualified, and the WTA website announces Sloane Stephens has qualified too. Among Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova and Kiki Bertens, who do you think will miss the qualification? Personally I like a lot all these players, but I have only seen Bertens on court, I saw her amazing game in Seoul, so I really hope she can make it! Good luck!

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