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Sabalenka is the heavy favourite for the title, having replaced Iga Swiatek at the top of the world rankings in October. She has won four titles this year including last month’s Wuhan Open, where she beat Zheng in the final. However, Zheng has had a successful year of her own, culminating in winning Olympic gold […]
The official photograph of the 2024 WTA Finals is finally out, featuring the likes of Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, and Jessica Pegula. While the event did not have much fanfare like previous years, all final eight WTA singles participants came together to pose in front of the winner’s trophy before the event kicks […]
Oct 29, 2024, 10:34 AM ET What a season it’s been for Zheng Qinwen. Entering last week’s 500-level Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, the 22-year-old had already won Olympic singles gold and the title in Palermo, and reached the final at the Australian Open and at the 1000-level event in Wuhan. And she showed no […]
Oct 27, 2024, 06:27 AM ET TOKYO — Top-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China claimed the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over American wild card Sofia Kenin in Sunday’s final to clinch her place in the WTA Finals next month. The No. 7-ranked Zheng, who won gold at the Paris Olympics, […]
Aryna Sabalenka became the first player to win the Wuhan Open three times with a hard-fought win over Zheng Qinwen in Sunday’s final. The 26-year-old Belarusian was taken to three sets by China’s Zheng in a thrilling rematch of this year’s Australian Open final, in which she also claimed victory. Sabalenka clinched her fourth women’s […]