The top four players in each group go forward into the knock-out stage, which begins on Thursday afternoon (6 September).  The knock-out stage will be seeded.  Following the conclusion of the block play and prior to the draw for the knock-out, a seeding committee will meet to decide the seeding for the 32 player knock-out.  Sixteen seeds will be chosen.   The initial WCF seeding list will be updated by the committee using the results obtained in the blocks.