One of the next events to take place after Indian Wells is the VTB
Kremlin Cup which takes place in Moscow, Russia from October 18-24, 2021 on the WTA side.
A WTA 500 tournament played on the Hard courts, it continues the road to the WTA Finals and sees a stellar field in place.
The likes of Bianca Andreescu, Elise Mertens and Petra Martic are all late withdrawals from the field. Emma Raducanu and Belinda Bencic, the US Open and Olympic champion have also withdrew in the latest update as of 14-10-2021. The event is a returning one as it was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic. Belinda Bencic was the last champion of the event, winning it in 2019.
2021 WTA VTB Kremlin Cup Entry List:
MAIN DRAW
1 Garbiñe Muguruza 6 9
2 Maria Sakkari 9 12
3 Belinda Bencic 10 11
4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 13 13
5 Ons Jabeur 14 17
6 Angelique Kerber 15 15
7 Elena Rybakina 16 16
8 (WC) Simona Halep 17
9 Emma Raducanu 22 22
10 Paula Badosa 27 27
11 Jelena Ostapenko 29 29
12 Daria Kasatkina 30 24
13 Veronika Kudermetova 31 31
14 Ekaterina Alexandrova 34 34
15 Marketa Vondrousova 37 43
16 Liudmila Samsonova 42 44
17 Ajla Tomljanovic 47 46
18 Katerina Siniakova 53 50
19 Elena Vesnina 303 52
20 Dayana Yastremska 75 53
21 Tereza Martincova 52 61
(WC) Aryna Sabalenka 2
(WC) Anett Kontaveit 17
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Alternates
3 Anhelina Kalinina 62 63
4 Andrea Petkovic 74 67
5 Marie Bouzkova 93 87
6 Bernarda Pera 98 88
7 Anastasia Potapova 77 92
8 Kamilla Rakhimova 104 105
9 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 100 107
10 Irina Bara 114 113
11 Viktoriya Tomova 116 118
12 Vera Lapko 373 120
13 Vitalia Diatchenko 139 122
14 Anna-Lena Friedsam 133 130
15 Jule Niemeier 134 132
16 Anna Kalinskaya 151 141
17 Viktoria Kuzmova 156 142
18 Lucia Bronzetti 150 148
19 Arina Rodionova 154 151
20 Qinwen Zheng 158 156