It’s time to blow the new match-up klaxon as the top two seeds in the white group, Garbiñe Muguruza and Petra Kvitova, will meet for the first time on the WTA tour in a match with huge implications for who will qualify for the semi-finals. Muguruza is pretty much there but Kvitova still has plenty of work to do…

There’s only one possible scenario where Muguruza doesn’t qualify; if Kvitova wins in straight sets and Kerber wins in straights, it will come down to % of games won where Muguruza could miss out. For Kvitova, a win would put her through to the semi-finals IF Kerber fails to beat Safarova. Otherwise, it could get messy.

Kvitova won her first match of the week, a straight sets victory…