On October 19, the WTA 500 Tokyo main draw was released. Zheng Qinwen, the first sister of China's Golden Flower, will play as the top seed to make the final warm-up for the year-end finals. Another Chinese golden flower, Wang Xinyu, will also compete in the tournament and will face Andreescu in the first round.
There are a total of 28 draws in the WTA 500 Tokyo main event, Zheng Qinwen has a bye in the first round as the top seed, Zheng Qinwen will face the winner between wild card player Stoisavlevic and local player Moe Natsu Uchijima in the second round, and Zheng Qinwen will face No. 8 seed Fernandez in the third round, and the two are expected to meet again after the Wuhan Open. Zheng Qinwen could face No. 4 seed Kalinskaya or No. 7 seed Fletcher in the semifinals, and Maya or Kasatkina in the finals.
Wang Xinyu is placed in the bottom half of the bracket against former US Open champion Andreescu, a wildcard, in the first round, and if she can advance to the second round, Wang will face second seed Maya. If she can move forward, Wang Xinyu could face No. 5 seed Badosa in the third round and No. 3 seed Kasatkina or No. 6 seed Schneider in the semifinals.
The final WTA 500 event of the season will take place between October 21 and 27, with $142,000 and 500 points for the winner, and $88,000 and 325 points for the runner-up.
Zheng had previously competed in Tokyo in 2022, and she made it all the way to her first tour final. Wang Xinyu also participated in the Tokyo tournament in 2022, losing to eventual champion Samsonova in the second round.
WTA 500 Tokyo seeded players:
[1] Zheng Qinwen VS [8] Fernandez
[4] Karinskaya VS [7] Fletcher
[6] Schneider VS [3] Kasatkina
【5】巴多萨VS【2】玛雅