"Winning early in the season gave me a lot more confidence, but my overall performance in the second half of the year hasn't been very good. It's been quite up and down. To be honest, I'm not completely satisfied with my season as a whole. It may be related to changing my clubs, and also my form hasn't been at its best, but I've constantly been making adjustments," said Wang.

"The competition for the points ranking title is very intense, and, of course, there is pressure, but nothing is certain. At this moment, as long as you focus on playing your own game well, anything can happen. When I can't control certain outcomes, I just make sure to take care of what I can control."

Pang is in the same position as she was last year, when her battle with Ji Yuai went down to the wire. In the final tournament of the year, the Orient Women's China Open, Ji won the championship and subsequently the points ranking, as Pang finished equal second at the national championship.

This season, after a poor start, the 18-year-old Tianjin teenager has steadily improved, winning the Women's China Open in October, where she beat Ji and Wang by one shot, and posting four top-10 finishes. Last week in Wanning she was equal seventh.