Zhuhai 2018: Final Countdown, Barty vs Wang
STADIUM
Play starts at 1.30pm
Lyudmula KICHENOK (UKR) / Nadiia KICHENOK (UKR) [3] v Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) / Lidziya MAROZAVA (BLR) [4]
Not before 4pm
Ashleigh BARTY (AUS) [9] v WANG Qiang (CHN) [11]
MATCH POINTS
Wang Qiang is a debutante at this tournament.
She is the first Chinese woman to advance to the singles final here - and has never lost a final on home soil, currently enjoying a 3-0 record.
Ashleigh Barty reached the semifinals here last year.
The pair have faced each other only once before, and that encounter was earlier this year - in the Strasbourg quarterfinals. The Australian won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, on the clay there.
