Laura lost in three sets Jie Zheng and to be honest even though Laura lost. It was not a huge surprise Jie Zheng is a good solid player and a former world number fifteen.
So although Laura is the higher ranked player, I think that Jie Zheng had the ability and the experience to help her beat Laura.
Laura got to the final of this tournament last year so she will lose some ranking points.
But as Laura is still a teen this experience will help her to come back better and win her first WTA title.
Johanna Konta lost in straight sets to Zhang Shui and even though Johanna lost, she will gain valuable ranking points.
Johanna Konta has been steadily rising up the rankings and I would have thought her next goal would be to break the top one hundred ranking.
This will not be easy but if she is able to consistently make quarter finals then she will achieve it.