It's the age of counter-punchers in women's tennis

Ahead of the Oct 21-28 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, WTA Insider senior writer Courtney Nguyen is writing exclusively for The Straits Times. This is the sixth of an eight-part series.

Kaia Kanepi of Estonia hits a return to Simona Halep of Romania during the first day of the US Open Tennis Championships the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, on Aug 27, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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Aug 30, 2018, 05:00 AM

The days of easing into a WTA tournament and playing yourself into form are over.

The last seven Grand Slams have crowned seven different champions and, if the US Open mints an eighth at the end of the New York fortnight, it will be the first time in 80 years that two consecutive Slam seasons anointed eight different champions.

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