Although she may have come away from Wuhan with four significant scalps, it has ended up with little for Ash Barty, losing to Caroline Garcia in the tournament's final.
The match began with a close opening set but it was stolen by Barty, after two failed attempts by Garcia to serve it out. The Australian won the tie break
Appearing the more composed player in set two, Barty cruised to 5-4 and served for the match. Then she mirrored Garcia's first set collapse. Broken for 5-5, another chance came as the French number one was herself broken next game.
However, Barty had lost all confidence and lost serve and the resultant tie break.
The match was level but Garcia ran through the decider, losing just two games.
Garcia moves up five spots, to a career high 15 in the world, while Barty shifts up 14, to a career best of 23.
Tashkent also saw the crowning of an unseeded champion - Kateryna Bondarenko upset second seed Timea Babos in straight sets.
Final in Chengdu will be between Marcos Baghdatis and Denis Istomin, both unseeded.
Final in Shenzhen will be between Alexandr Dolgopolov (5) and David Goffin (2)
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