January 10, 2024 14:41 Source: Beijing Daily
China Tennis Association player rankings are rising steadily
Our reporter Li Yuanfei
On January 8, the two major professional tennis organizations ATP and WTA respectively released the second phase of the 2024 singles world rankings. Top players from the China Tennis Association competing in international competitions performed well in the first week of the new year, with many approaching or reaching new personal ranking highs.
Thanks to reaching the quarterfinals of the women’s singles at the US Open last year, winning the women’s singles championship at the WTA 500 Zhengzhou Station and winning the women’s singles runner-up at the Zhuhai Classic, Zheng Qinwen’s singles world ranking has risen from No. 24 on October 9 last year. Rising, constantly reaching new personal career highs. By the time the WTA released the first singles world rankings for 2024 on January 1 this year, she was already ranked 14th. In the past week, Zheng Qinwen played three women’s singles matches at the United Cup in Perth, and only lost to world No. 1 Swiatek. This made her singles world ranking rise by one place this week to 13th. Wang Qiang is only one step away from the second-highest singles world ranking of the China Tennis Association, which she maintains at 12th.
Zhang Zhizhen, who played in the Fed Cup with Zheng Qinwen, defeated the world’s 31st-ranked Jere in the Fed Cup, but lost to the world’s number one Djokovic and the world’s ninth Hurkacs. This week, his ATP singles world ranking rose five places to No. 53, only one spot away from the highest ranking record for a men’s player in the China Tennis Association held by himself.
And if we only look at the tour results in the first week of the new year, the best performers are undoubtedly Shang Juncheng and Wang Xiyu. Wang Xiyu reached the top four of the women’s singles at the WTA 250 Auckland Station. This week, her world ranking rose 9 places to 62nd. Although there is still a certain gap from her personal best of 49th, the increase of 9 places is There are the most Chinese Tennis Association players in the top 100 of this WTA ranking. In the first week of the new year, Shang Juncheng defeated three top 50 players in the world at the ATP250 Hong Kong Station, including the 16th-ranked American player Tiafoe. This week, his ATP singles world ranking soared 41 places to No. 142, setting a new personal ranking high.
Also setting a new personal high is Yuan Yue, who is ranked 73rd in the WTA singles world this week. Her previous personal best singles ranking was No. 74 in the world. In addition, Zhu Lin, ranked 33rd in the world this week, Wang Xinyu, ranked 34th, and Bai Zhuoxuan, ranked 87th, are also close to their personal best singles world rankings.
It is worth mentioning that the above-mentioned China Tennis Association players have already qualified for the singles main draw of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam in 2024. The vast majority of them stopped in the first two rounds of the Australian Open singles last year, and some Failed to qualify. Therefore, from the perspective of earning points and improving their rankings, this year’s Australian Open singles competition is both an opportunity and a challenge for them. (Beijing Daily)
2024-01-10 06:41:55
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