WTA Race to Guadalajara: Sakkari and Swiatek rise coming close to official qualification

So far there have been four players who have mathematically made the cut for the WTA Finals in Guadalajara and they are Ashleigh Barty, Aryna Sabalenka, Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Krejcikova. Barty might elect to skip the event but the other 3 will certainly play at the event. Most likely joining them will be Maria Sakkari and Iga Swiatek who are very close to officially booking their place in the WTA Finals.

While both are about 700 points out of the official cut for the event bot are expected to qualify rather easily due to the difference they have between themselves are other players. Behind them, we have Osaka who trails them 400 points and her return to tennis is questionable as well. Then we have Muguruza who also trails them by 600 points and Jabeur by 800 points.

Read also

WTA Rankings Update: Sakkari enters top 10, Swiatek moves to 4, Barty holds 1

The battle for the final few spots will be an interesting one to watch as many great tennis players will be fighting for a spot at the WTA Finals. Check out the rankings below.

WTA Race as of September 27th:

1 Ashleigh Barty 6411

2 Aryna Sabalenka 4669

3 Barbora Krejčíková 4398

4 Karolína Plíšková 3972

5 Maria Sakkari 3147

6 Iga Świątek 3106

7 Naomi Osaka 2771

8 Garbiñe Muguruza 2672

9 Ons Jabeur 2435

10 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2385

11 Elise Mertens 2384

12 Cori Gauff 2325

13 Elina Svitolina 2283

14 Emma Raducanu 2282

15 Jessica Pegula 2261

16 Anett Kontaveit 2198

17 Angelique Kerber 2172

18 Paula Badosa Gibert 2112

19 Belinda Bencic 2097

20 Daria Kasatkina 2061

21 Petra Kvitová 1946

22 Leylah Fernandez 1911

23 Jennifer Brady 1868

24 Karolína Muchová 1803

25 Danielle Collins 1801

26 Veronika Kudermetova 1785

27 Tamara Zidanšek 1712

28 Elena Rybakina 1708

29 Jeļena Ostapenko 1590

30 Camila Giorgi 1523