indiana wrote:

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Although Phil's above table for the new 2014 WTA International points, showing less points for reaching the QF, SF and final ( current points are 280 / 200 / 130 / 70 / 30 / 1 ) and hence relatively more reward for the champion, which instinctively feels right, it is actually a pretty limited and subtle change, i.e. no accumulated points total will be more than 20 points lower than currently. So hopefully there will be no particular increased move for players to seek out softer tournaments and actually the reward for winning R1 does remain at 30 points so no loss for an immediate exit.

I find it a bit strange though that for qualifying points are going up, more particularly for losing QR2 or the FQR ( 18, 14, 10, 1 ) as against the current ( 16, 10, 6, 1 ), thus making just winning one or two qualifying rounds even more rewarding. I am rather puzzled and confused by that.

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 The grand slam point breakdown will probably have the biggest impact, only 70 points for R1 win compared to 100 currently.