wta: 7 grand slam champions and 4 world no.1s compete in wuhan open
2024-09-12
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the 2024 wuhan open player lineup is released! 7 grand slam champions and 4 world no. 1s shine in jiangcheng.
on september 12, wang tao, co-tournament director of the 2024 wuhan open, announced this year's participating lineup. this luxurious singles main draw list includes 7 grand slam champions including swiatek, sabalenka, krejcikova, and four "queens" who have successively topped the world's number one. paris olympic women's singles champion zheng qinwen will lead the chinese golden flowers.
the competition will last for 9 days and is divided into two stages. the singles qualifying round will be held from october 5 to 6, and the singles and doubles main matches will begin on october 7. by then, the optics valley international tennis center will usher in 106 exciting matches, and about 120 world-class female players will compete in wuhan to win 1,000 points and a total prize of about 3.22 million us dollars.
the 2024 wuhan open attracted many top stars to compete.
as the last wta1000 event in the world this year, this year's wuhan open will be attended by the top 44 players in the world rankings, including 7 grand slam women's singles champions and 4 former world no. 1 "queens". the champions and runners-up of the four grand slams this season and the women's singles medalists of the paris olympics will gather in jiangcheng to bring world-class event feasts to the fans.
swiatek, the current world no. 1, is a leading figure in polish tennis. she has comprehensive skills, excellent movement speed, and varied baseline attacks that allow her to quickly gain an advantage in the game. in her first appearance at the wuhan open, the "queen of clay" will compete with her impressive record of three consecutive french open titles and the bronze medal in the women's singles at the paris olympics. the "world no. 1" also has good strength on hard courts, and she will be a strong competitor for this year's wuhan open championship.
sabalenka won the wuhan open for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019. the current world no. 2 who rose from the wuhan open has great strength, excellent physical fitness, and a fierce and steady playing style. she has achieved good results on the hard court this year. she defended the australian open women's singles championship at the beginning of the year and won the third grand slam championship in her career at the us open. she is known as the new generation of "hard court queen". coming to the "blessed land" wuhan open again, i believe she will bring us more surprises.
in the wta year-end finals standings, sabalenka and swiatek are competing against each other. their performance in the wuhan open will affect the final ownership of the top seed in the year-end finals.
rybakina, currently ranked fourth in the world, once participated in the 2019 wuhan open with a wild card and showed her impressive strength, reaching the quarterfinals. she has a strong serve and solid baseline skills, and the ace ball is her key weapon to win; her playing style is relatively quiet. after winning the first grand slam title of her career at wimbledon in 2022, she was nicknamed "the calmest champion in wimbledon history." this year, she will return to her "favorite tour" again and show her signature smile.
gauff, currently ranked 6th in the world, showed extraordinary talent in her teenage years, with outstanding physical conditions and comprehensive skills, especially excellent serving and baseline attacking ability. at the 2023 us open, the 19-year-old american teenager made a stunning debut and won the first grand slam women's singles championship in her career; in 2024, she reached the semi-finals of the australian open and french open, and won the first grand slam women's doubles title in her career at the french open.
krejcikova, currently ranked 9th in the world, is one of the leaders of the czech women's team. she has comprehensive skills, a distinct offensive rhythm and many beautiful ball paths. at this year's wimbledon, she won the second grand slam title in her career. this is her first time in wuhan, and we look forward to her excellent performance.
one of the biggest highlights of this tournament - zheng qinwen, the gold medalist in women's singles at the paris olympics, will form the chinese golden flower lineup at this wuhan open together with yuan yue.
zheng qinwen has performed very well this season and has been ranked in the top ten in the world. she won the runner-up in the australian open women's singles final at the beginning of the year, creating her best grand slam record; in july, she won the first tennis singles gold medal in chinese olympic history at the paris olympics; in the just-concluded us open, she reversed her strong opponents and advanced to the quarterfinals, tying her best record in the us open. zheng qinwen played in the qualifying round with a wild card in 2019, and returned to the wuhan open as a seeded player in 2024. she will show her queen's demeanor at the wuhan open.
yuan yue also brought a big surprise to chinese fans this season. she won her first wta tour singles title in her career at the wta250 austin station in march this year, becoming the 14th chinese player to win a wta tour singles title.
in the 2024 season, china's golden flowers have already "bloomed". they have made continuous breakthroughs in the international arena and brought endless surprises to chinese fans. as a tournament at home, wuhan open will provide a rich platform and solid guarantee for their "take-off". we look forward to the collective blooming of china's golden flowers!
the new us open runner-up pegula has comprehensive skills and a steady playing style. she made it to the grand slam singles final for the first time at the us open. although she won the runner-up in the end, her outstanding performance in this year's north american season has raised her ranking to third in the world. coming to the wuhan open again, from being unknown to shining on the stage, the hardworking and humble american girl will challenge the final championship.
italian player paolini has shown amazing explosiveness and competitiveness this season, and her ranking has risen to fifth in the world. at the beginning of the year in dubai, the 1.62-meter-tall player won the 1000-meter championship for the first time in her career, and then reached the women's singles finals at the french open and wimbledon back-to-back and finally won the runner-up; she also performed well in the doubles arena, and she won the women's doubles gold medal with errani at the paris olympics. the italian "little steel cannon" with amazing explosiveness and competitiveness will bring a dazzling performance to the fans.
navarro is one of the rising stars in tennis that has attracted much attention in recent years. her performance in the 2024 season can be described as a leap forward. at the beginning of the year, she won the first tour championship of her career at the wta250 hobart station; in the second half of the year, she was still in great shape, breaking into the women's singles quarterfinals at wimbledon, and then winning consecutive victories over gauff, badosa and many other players at the us open, advancing to the grand slam women's singles semifinals for the first time in her career, and her world ranking rose to eighth.
at present, the competition for the places in the year-end finals has reached a white-hot stage. navarro, collins and zheng qinwen are ranked seventh, eighth and ninth on the wta year-end finals ranking list. the wuhan open will be a "battlefield" and an important stop for them to qualify for the 2024 year-end finals.
the wuhan open was founded in 2014 and returned after four years, which fully fits this year's new slogan - wuhan open, a new look. this year's wuhan open has been upgraded from the original wta super five event to the wta 1000 level, which is second only to the four grand slams and is one of the three highest-level tennis events in china.
text/guangzhou daily new flower city reporter: sun jiahui
photo/guangzhou daily new flower city reporter: sun jiahui
correspondent: wu wangxuan
guangzhou daily new flower city editor: du juan
