The race toward the WTA Finals is getting more and more intriguing by the day. After Jasmine Paolini’s qualification, only one spot remains for the year-end tournament in Riyadh. It’s a tight battle between Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina and the 18-year-old Russian sensation Mirra Andreeva . While the Kazakh has strengthened her chances with a victory in Ningbo, Andreeva’s fate is now in jeopardy, owing to an unexpected twist. And it may knock her out of the race.

After her shocking exit in the early rounds of the Ningbo Open last week, Andreeva’s hopes to qualify took a heavy blow . Her only way to confirm her place in Riyadh was to win her next campaign in Tokyo, at the Pan Pacific Open. However, in an unexpected turn of events, the teenager was forced to withdraw from the tournament a

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