The WTA's elite eight – including Czech players Petra Kvitová and
Karolína Plíšková – were drawn on Friday into two groups for round
robin singles play at the inaugural Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen.
Top seed and French Open champion Ashleigh Barty headlines the Red Group,
and is joined by Australian Open winner Naomi Osaka, 2011 champion Petra
Kvitová, seeded No.6, and semi-finalist Belinda Bencic, seeded No.7.
No.2 seed Karolína Plíšková, the tour leader with four singles titles
this year, tops the Purple Group, drawn with US Open champion Bianca
Andreescu, the No.4 seed, Wimbledon winner Simona Halep and defending
champion Elina Svitolina, seeded No.8.
The matches will be set through a raffle. Apart from Kvitová and
Plíšková, three Czechs will participate in the doubles competition:
Barbora Strýcová, Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.