Beijing time, December 26: Beijing time this afternoon in Seoul, south Korea, the capital of the WTA 125K tournament ended the women's singles final competition for the No. 2 seed Zhu Lin of China swept the top seed of the tournament with a score of 6-0, 6-4 French Player Meladenovic won his first WTA level event, and is also the highest level of his career championship. In addition, according to foreign reports, the world's no. 1 Serbian player Djokovic withdrew from the ATP Cup match to be played in Sydney, and whether to play in the Australian Open has also become a major question. Let's take a look at the latest news from tennis.
This week's WTA125K event in Seoul, South Korea, is the first high-level tennis tournament in East Asia since the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the world. France's Meladenovic, ranked 98th in the world, and Zhu Lin, who is 142nd, played in the competition as the top 2 seeds of the tournament. Zhu Lin returned to the international arena after participating in a series of domestic matches, while Meladenović chose to play in various competitions to maintain his competitive form during the intervals of this season. After a week of fighting, they also successfully met in the final final.
Today's final began at 12:00 noon Beijing time, this match is the first time the two have met in an official match, and before the game, all parties are more optimistic about Zhu Lin, who has been in better shape recently, to win the game. After the start of the game, Zhu Lin showed great dominance and quickly won the first set of the game 6-0 to take the lead in the game. After entering the second set, Meladenović adjusted his competitive state and the two sides also launched a confrontation, but Zhu Lin did not give the opponent the opportunity to counterattack and took advantage of one more break to win the second set 6-4 to win the game and win the championship.
This title is Zhu Lin's 13th singles title in the senior division and the first WTA-level event title of her career, the most important title to date. The 160 points the championship brings to her will lift her to 114th place. Zhu Lin will fly to Australia to prepare for the new season after the end of this race, and for her, who is about to turn 28, this championship breaking her own championship drought of more than two years is undoubtedly an important help to start the new season. Because the ranking is not enough australian open, she will start from the qualifiers, let us wish this Anhui girl good luck.
There is still some noteworthy news in the offseason of tennis, according to Reuters, the world number one Serbian Djokovic decided to withdraw from the ATP Cup that began on January 1. The withdrawal from the ATP Cup also seems to mean that Djokovic will most likely withdraw from the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event next year. Since the Australian Open Organizing Committee requires all athletes to be fully vaccinated with two doses of the new crown vaccine to compete, but Djokovic has been refusing to vaccinate in the hope of obtaining an exemption, it seems that the possibility of such a thing happening is getting smaller and smaller, according to relevant sources, Djokovic whether to participate in the Australian Open will make a final decision within this year. In addition, Canadian player Shapovalov, who has arrived in Sydney to prepare for the ATP Cup, has been confirmed to be infected with the new crown and has been quarantined, and only two players who have participated in the Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament have been spared from infection.
Congratulations to Zhu Lin on winning this title at the end of the year to start the new season, and we will continue to pay attention to Djokovic's movements to bring you reports.