US Open champ Naomi Osaka 4-1 favourite for year-end finals

Australian Open heroine Wozniacki is 5-1 to retain Singapore title

(from left to right): Kiki Bertens, Sloane Stephens, Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova, Elina Svitolina and Karolina Pliskova will contest the WTA Finals SingaporeCredit: Matthew Stockman

US Open champion Naomi Osaka is the favourite for the WTA Finals in Singapore, which start on Sunday.

The Japanese ace, who defeated Serena Williams in the New York final last month, is 4-1 market leader having been drawn in the Red Group along with Angelique Kerber, Sloane Stephens and Kiki Bertens.

It's then 5-1 about last year's winner Caroline Wozniacki, the highest-ranked player in the White Group, 11-2 Wimbledon heroine Kerber, while Petra Kvitova has been cut to 6-1 from 7-1.

Karolina Pliskova is 8-1, Stephens is 17-2 from 9-1, Elina Svitolina is 10-1 and Bertens, a late replacement for injury-hit world number one Simona Halep whose season is over, is 12-1 outsider of eight.

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Adrian HumphriesRacing Post Sport

Published on 19 October 2018inTennis tips

Last updated 20:10, 19 October 2018

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