WTA year-end finals came to an end, and the women's tennis world welcomed the "new queen"

[Global Times special correspondent in the United States Chen Xiang Global Times special correspondent Xu Yunfeng] This season's WTA year-end finals singles and doubles have staged "new post-ascension". On the 18th, the 2021 WTA Year-end Finals came to an end in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the women's singles final, former world number one and Spain's Muguruza beat Estonia's Kontawit 2:0 to win the year-end finals for the first time in his career. Next week, Muguruzza's world rankings will jump to third, trailing only Australia's Barty and Belarus' Sabalenka. In the women's doubles final, which ended earlier in the day, the Czech duo of Krejickova/ Snyakova defeated Xie Shuwei and Mertens in straight sets to win the WTA Finals for the first time.

Reaching the top of the WTA Year-End Finals means that Mugurusa has won the 10th crown of his career, becoming the second active women's tennis player to win the titles of Grand Slam, Crown and Super 5 (now collectively known as 1000), 500, 250 and year-end finals after Serena Williams, Christophers, Kvitova and Barty.

"Muguruza became Spain's first WTA year-end finals champion," AFP said after the match, as the winner of the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Grand Slam, Muguruza not only won the finals this year, but also returned to the first-line team as a champion in Dubai and Chicago, after three years she had not been in the world's top ten. Third in the world, it will be Muguruza's best year-end ranking since she was ranked second in the world in 2017, meaning she will appear as the top 8 seeded player at next year's Australian Open.

Although the results of the past few years have not been satisfactory, the title of the year-end finals title has made Muguruza a force to be reckoned with now and in the future. In addition, 28-year-old Muguruza is also the oldest year-end Finals winner since Serena Williams seven years ago. Muguruza said in a post-match press conference: "I am delighted to prove to myself once again that I can be the best. ”

Muguruzza's final opponent, Kontawit, is by no means an idler, the latter has won several hard courts in women's tennis this year, and Many masters such as Halep, Kvitova and Ka Pliskova have all been her losers. According to the WTA official website, the 25-year-old Kontawirt performed well at the end of the season, winning 29 of the 32 games and winning 4 championships in 10 weeks, thus winning the last place in the year-end finals, and the year-end ranking of Kontawirt, who won the runner-up in the finals, will come to seventh place.

Rookies rise and veterans revive

Looking back at this year's women's tennis landscape, AFP uses the word "chaos" to describe it, and the increasingly unpredictable nature of women's tennis development also appeared in this year-end finals. You know, Muguruza and Kontawirt, who reached the final, did not reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam this year. Muguruza's victory means that the seven consecutive WTA year-end finals since 2014 have been different faces, and the last six champions have been crowned for the first time.

Coupled with this season's four Grand Slam women's singles champions in turn, Naomi Osaka, Kretzkova, Barty and 18-year-old British rising star Raducano, it can be said that this year's women's tennis has been "blooming" from beginning to end, and the rise of rising stars is even more eye-catching. This season, viewers have witnessed the epic rise of teenagers Raducano, Leila Fernandez and Corey Gauff, as well as the revival of veterans such as Ka Pliskova and Pavlyuchenkova.

Who will end the chaotic war pattern?

Who will take the lead alone and end the current chaotic war pattern of the women's network? At least from the overall performance of this year, Naomi Osaka, Serena and Barty and others have not come up with convincing performances: Naomi Osaka is trapped in psychological problems, once announced an indefinite withdrawal from professional tennis, Serena to the 24th Grand Slam of her career but repeatedly failed, Barty played "health tennis", simply gave up this year-end finals, returned to her hometown to prepare for the Australian Open early next year.

Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao said that Japan's nao Osaka currently won 4 Grand Slam titles and has been considered the next "bellwether" in the world women's tennis world, but she is currently suffering from mental health problems. According to the New York Times, Naomi Osaka seems to be ready to "take over" the sport. But a month later, she announced she was on "indefinite leave" and no one knows when or if she will make a comeback.

Although Serena Williams reached the semi-finals at this year's Australian Open, the American star has been sidelined due to injury since this summer. As this year's Wimbledon champion, world number one Barty played "Missing" in the last two months of the season after a six-month tour.

Source: Global Times