WTA Insider reconvenes for point/counterpoint argue whether Simona Halep can hold off Dominika Cibulkova in the Mutua Madrid Open final.
Simona Halep played her best tennis of the year to outclass Samantha Stosur and return to the final of the Mutua Madrid Open. Dominika Cibulkova awaits.
Dominika Cibulkova marked her 27th birthday with a brilliant display against qualifier Louisa Chirico in a one-sided first Mutua Madrid Open semifinal.
Serena Williams will have to run the gauntlet if she is to recapture the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, after Friday's draw placed her in the same section as several title rivals.
Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic extended their unbeaten run with victory over Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the Mutua Madrid Open semifinals.
| 1 | Williams, Serena | 8625 | |
| 2 | Radwanska, Agnieszka | 5775 | |
| 3 | Kerber, Angelique | 5740 | |
| 4 | Muguruza, Garbiñe | 4847 | |
| 5 | Azarenka, Victoria | 4530 |
| 6 | Kvitova, Petra | 3947 | |
| 7 | Halep, Simona | 3660 | |
| 8 | Vinci, Roberta | 3615 | |
| 9 | Sharapova, Maria | 3431 | |
| 10 | Bencic, Belinda | 3340 |
| 1 | Hingis, Martina | 11825 | |
| 1 | Mirza, Sania | 11825 | |
| 3 | Mattek-Sands, Bethanie | 6930 | |
| 4 | Shvedova, Yaroslava | 6700 | |
| 5 | Safarova, Lucie | 5885 |
| 6 | Dellacqua, Casey | 5492 | |
| 7 | Chan, Yung-Jan | 5360 | |
| 8 | Chan, Hao-Ching | 5335 | |
| 9 | Mladenovic, Kristina | 4860 | |
| 10 | Hradecka, Lucie | 4645 |
| 1 | Kerber, Angelique | 3416 | |
| 2 | Azarenka, Victoria | 2930 | |
| 3 | Radwanska, Agnieszka | 2105 | |
| 4 | Williams, Serena | 2070 | |
| 5 | Suárez Navarro, Carla | 1627 |
| 6 | Kuznetsova, Svetlana | 1401 | |
| 7 | Konta, Johanna | 1208 | |
| 8 | Vinci, Roberta | 1178 | |
| 9 | Stephens, Sloane | 1060 | |
| 10 | Bacsinszky, Timea | 967 |
| 1 | Hingis / Mirza | 4145 | |
| 2 | Chan / Chan | 1926 | |
| 3 | Hlavackova / Hradecka | 1919 | |
| 4 | Garcia / Mladenovic | 1801 | |
| 5 | Xu / Zheng | 1676 |
| 6 | Medina Garrigues / Parra S... | 1510 | |
| 7 | Goerges / Pliskova | 1440 | |
| 8 | Mattek-Sands / Safarova | 1305 | |
| 9 | Kudryavtseva / King | 1045 | |
| 10 | Shvedova / Babos | 1040 |
