The fates seem to be doing their best to help out Caroline Wozniacki this week; the #2 seed is out and the #3 seed here is just back from a long layoff. In the case of Kirilenko, that costs her semifinalist points, but it doesn't appear it will hurt her ranking.
You almost have to wonder why they needed to have a qualifying event in Seoul. After all, the top three qualifying seeds all made the main draw, and #4 might well make it as a Lucky Loser.
Considering that this was the day's only main draw match, it wasn't exactly what you would call thrilling. But it brings James Blake a little closer to the Top Hundred. This won't put him back in, but one more win very likely would.
Kirsten Flipkens really is channeling the spirit of Kim Clijsters. In fact, she accomplished something Clijsters did not manage this year: She won a title.
Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia hits a forehand to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during her second round match at the Nature Valley International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.
