Hua Hin 2020: Final countdown

ORDER OF PLAY -- 2:30 P.M. START
[4] Arina RODIONOVA (AUS) / Storm SANDERS (AUS) vs. Barbara HAAS (AUT) / Ellen PEREZ (AUS)
Not before 5:00 p.m.
[Q] Leonie KUNG (SUI) vs. [5] Magda LINETTE (POL)
If someone had said to you before your first qualifying match that you would make it to the final what would you have said? - Leonie Kung
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MATCH POINTS
Swiss teenager Leonie Kung
She made her WTA main draw debut in Gstaad in 2018, losing to Sweden's Johanna Larsson in the first round, and has yet to play in a Grand Slam main draw. Kung most recently entered the Top 300 in the world rankings for the first time on Feb. 3, and came to Hua Hin ranked World No.283.
As a junior, Kung also had a notable run as a qualifier, when she finished runner-up to Iga Swiatek
Conversely, Magda Linette
Linette lost just one set in her run to the final this week, rallying from a set down to beat Wang in the quarterfinals and having also beaten Kateryna Bondarenko, Peng Shuai and Patricia Maria Tig
Her run this week cements her status as Polish No.1 ahead of Swiatek, regardless of the result in the final. By virtue of making it this far, Linette is assured of making her Top 40 debut.
In the doubles final, three Aussies and an Austrian will compete for WTA hardware. No.4 seeds Arina Rodionova
Rodionova is a five-time runner-up in WTA doubles finals, including last year in Nottingham with Perez - her opponent in Sunday's final. Sanders won Nottingham in 2017 alongside another Aussie in Monique Adamczak, and is seeking her second WTA title.
Haas and Perez are making their tournament debuts this week, and are also debuting as a team. The Austrian is into her first WTA final of any kind, while Perez looks to add to the Strasbourg title she won last year with Daria Gavrilova.