WTA Finals: Muguruza the one to beat in Singapore

Pliskova and Halep are also in the running

Eight of the world’s top women tennis players are going head-to-head in the 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore all this week.

Britain’s Johanna Konta may be missing from the event, but with Venus Williams, Caroline Wozniacki and Simona Halep all in contention, the competition is certainly not short on quality.

The Coral News Team take a look at the main contenders…

Muguruza to continue good form?

Of all the players in contention, Garbine Muguruza is the form horse. Spain’s number one player won a maiden Wimbledon title in July and followed that up with an impressive straight-sets defeat of Simona Halep in the Western & Southern Open.

Since then, the 24-year-old has reached the semi-finals of five of the seven qualifying tournaments for the WTA Finals. She’s already beaten Jelena Ostapenko in Singapore, avenging her WUHAN Open defeat to the Dane.

With form on her side, Muguruza is 3/1 to go all the way in Kallang.

Pliskova to make it a perfect 10?

Karolina Pliskova has won nine WTA career finals. What’s more, the Czech star began the year in sensational form. After bagging an impressive 6-0, 6-3 win over Alize Cornet in Brisbane, the 25-year-old followed that up with a hard-fought 6-3, 6-4 victory against Caroline Wozniacki in Qatar.

Good showings in three of the four Grand Slams enhance her claims. Meanwhile, a career-high WTA ranking of third further evidences her steady progression as a player throughout the course of the season.