For the second consecutive year, British tennis star Johanna Konta failed to qualify for the WTA Championship - the last big tournament for the year, equivalent to the ATP Finals, to be held in Singapore from October 22nd to October 29th. Thigh injuries have tormented Wimbledon`s semi-finalist for some time, as she last participated in the Cincinnati tournament, where she missed the first round of Romanian Nicolescu 1: 6, 2: 6. Due to the trauma, Konta dropped out of the Kremlin Cup in the upcoming Moscow tournament analyzed by
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This means that Caroline Garcia, the winner of Wuhan and Beijing, is sure of Singapore, overtaking Conta at the last minute with her prestigious two consecutive titles with 185 points in the 2017 rankings. Garcia is the eighth and final safe at the WTA Championship - others are Gabrie Muguruza (Spain), Simona Halep (Romania), Carolina Plishkova (Czech Republic), Elina Svitolina (Ukraine), Vinus Williams (USA) and Karoline Wojnicki (Denmark). If Conta recovers, he can get a seat in Singapore as the first reserve, because Svitolina also has a trauma and has the opportunity to miss the final season tournament.
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