WTA Finals Road to Singapore: 5 players who could qualify

WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29:  Madison Keys of USA returns a shot during the match against Simona Halep of Romania on Day 5 of the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on September 29, 2016 in Wuhan, China.  (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)
Keys has been one of the most promising players this season

#4 Dominika Cibulkova

WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 01:  Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in action against  Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic  during the Women's single final match of the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open at Optics Valley International Tennis Center on October 1, 2016 in Wuhan, China.  (Photo by Kevin Lee/Getty Images)
The Slovak has made a good resurgence this year

Following an Achilles surgery in 2015, the 2014 Australian Open runner-up has been putting up a couple of consistent performances lately. After a semi-final showing at the Hobart International, Cibulkova flopped at the Australian Open, being eliminated in the first round. She later won her first WTA title, winning the Katowice Open and later reached the final of the Mutua Madrid Open where she lost to Simona Halep.

After losing in the third round of the French Open, Cibulkova won her maiden grass-court title, winning the Eastbourne International before stunning fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska to reach her first Wimbledon quarter-final where she lost to Elena Vesnina.

Her performance at Wimbledon was followed by subdued showings at the US Open and the Toray Pan Pacific Open, Cibulkova put up a brilliant performance at the Wuhan Open where she beat the likes of Karolina Pliskova and Svetlana Kuznetsova to set up a final encounter with two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.

Cibulkova is currently ranked seventh and has 3445 points in her bag. If she can produce another few consistent performances in the forthcoming tournaments then she could most likely be heading to Singapore for the WTA Finals.

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