Home favourite Qinwen Zheng will arrive in Beijing having made the WTA top 10.
Qinwen Zheng will make her way to home turf after becoming the first Chinese player to win the Olympic gold in singles at the showpiece event in Paris 2024. Currently ranked World No. 7, Qinwen Zheng will be looking to make her mark at the upcoming WTA China Open 2024 – a WTA 1000 event, as the first Chinese to win the women’s singles title.
At this time last year, Zheng was on the verge of breaking into the top 20 before finally making the list at No. 19 in October 2023. She broke through after reaching the finals at the Zhengzhou Open in mid-October.
The Australian Open 2024 finalist will have one obstacle less in her path to the championship round. Defending champion and World No. 1 Iga Swiatek announced this week that she won’t be playing in Beijing due to personal reasons.
Zheng had overcome Swiatek in the semi-finals at the Paris Olympics, clawing her way back against the…
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