official announcement! zheng qinwen will compete in zhejiang in the future
2024-09-19
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qianjiang evening news
on september 19, the signing ceremony and press conference of the 2024 oaks ningbo open was held in yinzhou. since it was confirmed to be upgraded to a wta500 event in august this year, the points and prize money of the oaks ningbo open have been greatly increased, and the player lineup is also highly anticipated.
signing ceremony at the press conference. photo provided by the event organizer
at this press conference, the most anticipated singles main draw player lineup was officially announced.it includes 6 top10 players including pegula, paolini, zheng qinwen and navarro.
the ningbo open will be held at ningbo (yinzhou) tennis center from october 12 to october 20., the first two days are for qualifying. after the level of the event is upgraded,total prize money reaches $922,573, both the singles and doubles champions will receive 500 points. the event includes 28 singles main draws, 24 qualifying draws, and 16 doubles draws.
zheng qinwen. photo provided by the event organizer
as it is close to the riyadh year-end finals, this competition is very attractive to high-ranking players who want to sprint at the end of the year. as many as 30 countries and regions have registered, 19 of whom are world top 30 players, and 6 of them are ranked in the top 10.
the press conference. photo by chao news reporter chen chong
the 18 participating players were announced at the press conference.
in,zheng qinwen, the women's singles champion of the paris olympics tennis event, the 2024 australian open women's singles finalist, and the 2023 zhengzhou open singles champion, appeared in the lineup(world ranking 7th), in addition there are three grand slam champions: krejcikova (world ranking 11th), ostapenko (world ranking 12th), and raducanu (world ranking 70th, wild card).
regitkova. photo provided by the event organizer
the lineup also includes 2024 us open women's singles finalist and world no. 3 pegula; 2024 french open and wimbledon finalist and paris olympic doubles champion paolini (world no. 5); 2024 us open semi-finalist navarro (world no. 8); grand slam semi-finalist and current world no. 9 sakkari; last year's ningbo open runner-up, this year's wta500 bad homburg champion and current world no. 16 schneider, as well as tennis stars kasatkina, kalinskaia, vekic, muchova and others are all on the list.
ostapenko. photo provided by the event organizer
according to the qualifying rules, the top 17 players in the world ranking will directly qualify for the singles main draw. in addition, one person will be given priority exemption (determined based on the results of the week before the event), plus four wildcard players (one seat has been confirmed) and six qualifying players. the qualifying list will be released in late september.
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2024 oaks ningbo open list announced on september 19
(ranking as of september 16, 17 people directly shortlisted + 1 wild card)
jessica pegula (usa)
jasmine paolini (ita)
zheng qinwen（chn）
emma navarro (usa)
maria sakkari (gre)
karolina muchova(cze)
danielle collins (usa)
barbora krejcikova (cze)
jelena ostapenko (lat)
daria kasatkina
anna kalinskaya
liudmila samsonova
diana shnaider
beatriz haddad maya (bra)
marta kostyuk (ukr)
paula badosa (esp)
donna vekic (cro)
emma raducanu (gbr) (wild card)
chaozhou news reporter chen chong and wang pingqin
editor-in-charge: yuan ying
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