The WTA Elite Trophy is underway in Zhuhai

You'd expect the WTA season to end with the WTA Finals but the tour has one more treat for fans and players.

The WTA Elite Trophy, a round-robin tournament that will be contested this week in Zhuhai, China, showcases 12 of the best players left out of Singapore.

The bench of WTA talent has been notably deep this year, so this event—featuring the 2017 Indian Wells and US Open champions, as well as a former No. 1—is definitely one to pay attention to.

Here are the groups and competitors.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

The Russian battled to a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over Angelique Kerber to close out Day 1 on Tuesday.

Angelique Kerber

Ashleigh Barty

Kristina Mladenovic

Julia Goerges

Goerges started her campaign with a 6-1, 7-6 (5) win over Magdalena Rybarikova.

Magdalena Rybarikova

CoCo Vandeweghe

The No. 2 seed is off to a good start with a three-set win over Shuai Peng on Tuesday.

Elena Vesnina

Peng Shuai

Sloane Stephens

Anastasija Sevastova

Barbora Strycova

One winner from each group will make the semifinals, which take place on Saturday.