Wozniacki secures WTA Finals spot
Caroline Wozniacki has her season back on track after sealing her place at the WTA Finals on Thursday, having reached the last eight of the China Open.
Wozniacki had endured a dreadful run before heading to Beijing, but a series of victories have seen her complete qualification to the season-ending tournament in Singapore.
Several other seeds did not fare quite so well on Thursday, however, as home hopefuls Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang got the better of Angelique Kerber and Karolina Pliskova respectively.
And defending champion Caroline Garcia crashed out, too, collapsing to a 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 defeat to Aryna Sabalenka, while Kiki Bertens' 6-4 6-3 reverse to Katerina Siniakova saw Petra Kvitova also reach the WTA Finals.
Japanese star Naomi Osaka did at least maintain her strong run.
