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the china open will officially start on september 23rd, beijing time. the first round will be the qualifying round. zheng qinwen, the no. 7 seed, had a bye in the first round. her first appearance at the china open may have to wait until the 27th or 28th. when the china open officially opened, another superstar chose to withdraw.

according to the wta international women's tennis association, kazakhstan player and former wimbledon champion no. 3 seed rybakina finally chose to withdraw from the china open due to persistent back injuries. rybakina said in a statement that she and the medical team tried various recovery methods and decided not to participate in the china open for health and insurance reasons.

it is worth noting that after rybakina withdrew from the china open, she has withdrawn from the competition nine times this year due to injuries! in the us open, one of the four grand slams, rybakina only played two rounds before she chose to withdraw. at the paris olympics at the end of july, rybakina had already signed up to represent the kazakhstan team in the olympics, but on the eve of the start of the game, she suddenly announced her withdrawal from the olympics.

with rybakina's withdrawal from the china open, two seeded players have announced that they will not participate. previously, wta world no. 1 swiatek had announced her withdrawal. the second seeded player sabalenka, who is highly anticipated by fans, has already arrived in beijing. sabalenka still attaches great importance to the china open. as early as after winning the us open, sabalenka promised that she would meet with chinese fans in september and give back to the fans with exciting games and championships.

rybakina and swiatek have withdrawn from the china open. what impact will this have on zheng qinwen, who plays in china? from my personal analysis, there are at least two major impacts.

the first impact is that zheng qinwen may encounter disadvantages in her bid for a place in the wta finals.

i believe many fans think that the withdrawal of rybakina and swiatek is good for zheng qinwen. if zheng qinwen can be drawn in the upper half, she will not meet sabalenka, a powerful player, before the final.

however, this benefit is also a double-edged sword. it is good for zheng qinwen, and it is also good for the top ten players in the world. in particular, zheng qinwen's two major competitors for the wta finals, navarro and collins, may take the opportunity to compete for more points.

currently, zheng qinwen is 498 points behind navarro. whether she can seize the opportunity of rybakina and swiatek's withdrawal and narrow the gap will be very crucial. otherwise, navarro will continue to widen the gap.

the second impact is that zheng qinwen may need to pay more attention to new opponents he has never encountered in preparation.

during zheng qinwen's preparation for the china open, the main opponents studied by her coaching team were actually players with higher rankings than her. now, with the withdrawal of the no. 1 and no. 3 seeds, it means that the previous research and preparation are no longer valuable. and her team behind the scenes, in the new preparation work, on the surface, has reduced 2 research opponents, but in fact there are more uncertainties. especially those opponents that zheng qinwen has not encountered before, need to be studied in depth. as the saying goes, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. the more novice you are, the more cautious you need to be.

however, for zheng qinwen, she has the best timing, location and people at this china open. i believe that with the support of the home fans, she will create a new record at the china open.