Ostapenko and Hsieh open WTA Finals against Guo and Mladenovic on Monday

Jeļena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei will play their first match at the WTA Finals in Indian Wells on Monday 9 November, against Guo Hanyu and Kristina Mladenovic. The organisers have published the order of play for the first two days, and the Latvian’s pair are on last — fourth — on Monday’s schedule, the WTA said.

When to watch

Monday’s play in Indian Wells starts at 12:00 local time, which is 22:00 in Riga. Before Ostapenko and Hsieh take to the court there are two singles matches — Aryna Sabalenka against Karolína Muchová and Mirra Andreeva against Elina Svitolina — and a doubles match between the group favourites, Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani, and Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai. Fans in Latvia should therefore expect the match to start only in the early hours of Tuesday; the exact time depends on how long the earlier matches last.

Group and format

• Group one features Dabrowski/Stefani, Guo/Mladenovic, Mertens/Zhang and Ostapenko/Hsieh.
• Each pair plays three group matches, and the top two reach the semi-finals.
• The tournament in Indian Wells runs from 8 November until the season ends next weekend.

Only the season’s eight best pairs qualify for the Finals, so even the opening match is against a strong team. Ostapenko has also been in good form in singles this autumn, rising to 25th in the world rankings.