Aussie Ash Barty has torn apart the Wuhan draw by defeating four seeds in her path to her third final of 2017, this her first Premier final.
Gone at Barty's pleasure are Johanna Konta (world number 7), Aga Radwanska (world number 13 and former Wimbledon finalist), Karolina Pliskova (world number 4, former number 1 and 2016 US Open finalist), and Jelena Ostapenko (world number 10 and this year's Roland Garros champ).
Barty has lifted her live ranking 14 places to 23, and if she defeats Caroline Garcia in the final she will become the highest ranked Australian female player. Already Ash is the 18th ranked in the 2017 points race.
Garcia made her way into the final by dispatching qualifier Maria Sakkari.
The final in Tashkent will be a battle between second seed Timea Babos and Kateryna Bondarenko - Babos defeated Aryna Sabalenka in one semi final, and Bondarenko won her semi final when Vera Zvonareva retired through injury.
Chengdu semi finalists:
Guido Pella v winner of Yen-Hsun Lu v Marcos Baghdatis
Denis Istomin v Yuichi Sugita (5)
Shenzhen semi finalists:
Damir Dzumhur (6) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (5)
Henri Laaksonen v David Goffin (2)
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