What I said didn't imply the Stoeva sisters were 'out of contention'. They are in the 'safe zone' as you say, but two more Super 100 wins will give them only 70,710 points. The Thais already have 71,740. Therefore the Bulgarians can qualify for Guangzhou but they can't finish ahead of the Thais. The maximum for Haris/Pradipta is 72,510 and for Fruergaard/Thygesen it's 73,700. Those two numbers could beat the Thais if the Thais stop playing but if either of them misses out on the Hong Kong final, they get 2780 points less and since they are in the same half in Hong Kong, at least one of those pairs must fail to reach the final.