# Tennis: World number nine Iga Swiatek of Poland won’t participate in the Ningbo Open in China, where she hoped to earn vital points towards qualifying for the season finals in November. She, Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine are battling it out for the final place in the year-end tournament in Indian Wells. Swiatek says she experiencing an ongoing problem with her left thigh and realised she needed time to rest and recover. Anastasia Zakharova of Russia will take her place in China.
Tennis: Swiatek withdraws from Ningbo Open in China