The first singles match on Monday at not before 6pm local time will feature two players competing in their first ever WTA finals, Garbiñe Muguruza and Lucie Safarova. Muguruza’s fabulous Asian Swing propelled her into a top two seeding, while Safarova was the last player to qualify by virtue of Carla Suárez Navarro failing to reach the final in Moscow.

Muguruza is currently sitting pretty at number four in the rankings and should be riding on a wave of confidence heading into Singapore. The Spaniard has enjoyed her best results this year at the Slams, reaching the final at Wimbledon, the quarter-finals of the French Open and the fourth round of the Australian Open. After a wobbly summer which saw Muguruza fail to win a match between Wimbledon and the US Open, the Spaniard came good again during the Asian Swing reaching back-to-back finals in Wuhan and Beijing, claiming the…