Monica Niculescu
Removed prematurely from the Australian Open, Monica will debut in Taipei from the first round, and will also play first indoor hard in 2018.
The beginning of the year was a very good one for the Romanian, considering that it managed to reach the quarter finals in Hobart.
2017 was a fairly modest year for Mona on the hard indoor, winning only 6 matches out of 11 disputed.

Ons Jabeur
Occupation of the 95th place in the WTA rankings, Ons Jabeur is on the second tournament, after last year he managed to reach the quarterfinals.
Just like his opponent in the first round of this year, the Tunisian did not impress on hard indoor the previous year, playing only 6 matches and winning 4 of them.
2018 began modestly for her, not having won a match from the three disputed (Shenzhen, Sydney and Australian Open).

Direct meetings
The first-place match in Taipei will be the first direct confrontation between the two players, so it will be very interesting to see who will make it to the world premiere.

I bet on a match where Jabeur will not lose to a difference of more than 5 games, considering that it will be the first direct dispute between the two players and I find it hard to believe that Monica will still be able to anticipate in the beginning the game and impose itself in a categorical manner.
Jabeur has the advantage of having played in Taipei, knowing the surface and proved last year he feels great here, so he could take advantage of the fact that Niculescu will play his first match here.
Jabeur is a player who likes fast surfaces, being the one who strikes every time strong, decisive and will force Mona to make a mistake.