The tournament Emma Raducanu and Iga Swiatek are currently playing faces nightmare scenario already

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The WTA Tour continues its busy calendar this week with the Korea Open, which is now underway in Seoul.

Former world number one Iga Swiatek headlines the WTA 500 event, with British number one Emma Raducanu also in the field.

There are also places for the likes of Ekaterina Alexandrova, Daria Kasatkina and Barbora Krejcikova in Seoul.

The tournament arrives shortly after the conclusion of the US Open, kicking off the Asian Swing on the WTA Tour.

And the Korea Open precedes back-to-back WTA 1000 tournaments, which will take place in Beijing and Wuhan.

Emma Raducanu and Iga Swiatek’s latest tournament faces nightmare scenario

But the Beijing tournament has already taken a major hit, with world number one Aryna Sabalenka withdrawing from the China Open.

Before that, however, the Korea Open is already suffering major problems of its own, having only just started.

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And that is down to the terrible weather that is ongoing in Seoul, with two days of play having already been lost.

In a nightmare situation for all involved, just one match was able to be completed on day two, with Barbora Krejcikova defeating qualifier Tatiana Prozorova.

Even then, they were forced to sit through a delay of over two hours, while the rain rapidly returned after their match was completed.

Only two other players managed to step foot onto the court on Tuesday, with Raducanu’s meeting with Jaqueline Cristian among those postponed.

That was one of five matches that suffered such a fate, while Swiatek is scheduled to begin her quest for success on Thursday.

But very worryingly, there is rain forecast for both Friday and Saturday, and so it looks increasingly likely that organisers will need to extend the tournament.

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The WTA Tour schedule is already busy and hugely demanding as it is, without any extensions or last-minute changes.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova thinks players must be smarter with their schedules, with Swiatek having criticised the WTA calendar last year.

The Pole could have skipped the latest tournament, but she clearly feels the need to take part, which is no surprise given what’s at stake.

Swiatek can close the gap on Sabalenka in the Race to the WTA Finals rankings, with both players having already qualified for the season-ending event.