Nadal injured in Paris

The semi finals in Zhuhai have been determined and the four women were undefeated in each of their respective groups.

Coco Vandeveghe (2) will play Ash Barty (9) in one semi final and Anastasija Sevastova (5) battles Julia Goerges (7) in the other.

Vandeweghe will gain a season ending ranking of 10, irrespective of what happens from now in the tournament, and this is a career high for the American who is only behind Venus Williams of US players in the charts.

Sevastova will jump to 11 if she wins the tournament, a career high, beating her previous best of 15.  

However, if Ash Barty wins the title, the Aussie will move to 14, a career high, and Sevastova will finish at 15.

Julia Goerges winning the title would mean Ash Barty finishing at 17 and Sevastova at 15. Goerges would sit at 14 - a new career high.

So, many possibilities are available with the semis upon us, and the matches are mouth watering.

Vandeweghe and Barty have never played each other, while Goerges leads Sevastova 3-2 head to head.

However, the 3 wins for Goerges were 2011-2013 and the latest match between the two was in Mallorca this year with victory to Sevastova, albeit on grass.

Paris has seen most of the top men’s seeds say goodbye.

Top seed Rafa Nadal gave qualifier Filip Krajinovic a walkover into the semi finals, citing a knee injury. This puts doubt into the world number ones participation in the ATP Finals.

Other considered serious Paris contenders to fall by the wayside included:

Marin Cilic (3) in a quarter final to unseeded Julien Benneteau

Benneteau had previously knocked out eleventh seed Tsonga in the second round and seventh seed David Goffin in the third round.

Dominic Thiem (5) in the third round in straight sets to Fernando Verdasco

Grigor Dimitrov (6) in the third round to John Isner (9)

Isner proceeded to defeat an in form del Potro in a quarter final