The WTA played the WTA 1000 Qatar Doha and WTA 250 Guadalajara respectively last week, and the world rankings for the new week changed after the end of the two races. Barty is far ahead with an absolute advantage, with 2021 French Open champion Krejicova overtaking Sabalenka to a second-high, while Kregitskova's women's doubles ranking is second only to her partner Syniakova.
In the women's singles final in Doha, Swatak swept No. 4 seed Kontawirt 6-2, 6-0, ending the latter's recent nine-game winning streak with three consecutive wins. She lifted the cup again after last year's Rome leg and won the WTA 1000 class for the second time. It was the fourth career title for the Polish girl and the second for her hard court.
Swataker won four career five-entry tour finals, including one Grand Slam, two WTA 1000 classes and one WTA 500 level. It is worth mentioning that she has swept to win four consecutive finals, losing only two sets in the two WTA1000 finals combined: (2020 French Open: 6-4 6-1 beat No.6 Kenning, 2021 Adelaide: 6-2 6-2 beat No.12 Bencic, 2021 Roma: 6-0 6-0 beat No.9 Ka Pliskova, 2022 Doha: 6-2 6-0 beat No.7 Cantawirt)
After winning the WTA 1000 Doha, Svatek talked about the final and reviewed the performance of the week: "I was calm in the final and was able to maintain the good form of this stop, which I am quite satisfied with because playing the final is a different feeling and the pressure is always greater. It's fantastic to be able to play a few games like this, I'm able to maintain my rhythm and aggression because now I'm a more aggressive player and I'm very happy, which gives me a lot of confidence both on and off the field. “
With a great performance in Doha, Swatek returned to fourth place in the world. However, she failed to win the cup in Doha, but Contavet also had a brilliant performance last week, and she also continued her steady performance for half a year. So far in the 2021 season, the Estonian has reached a total of nine finals and won 61 regular matches, both of which are the first in the Tour. With an excellent record in February, Cantavite will reach the top 5 for the first time in the world rankings this week, reaching fifth place.
In addition, in the final of the WTA250 Guadalajara, former US Open winner and No. 6 seed Stevens defeated Czech Republic's Butzkova 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, breaking the nearly four-year championship drought. It was the American's first title since Miami in 2018 and the seventh of her career. After nearly four years of waiting, Stevens was once again on the podium.
In the Chinese Legion, Zhang Shuai rose one place to 64th, still "China's first sister"; Zheng Qinwen maintained at 77th, Wang Xinyu rose four places to the latest ranking of 90th, Wang Qiang rose 28 places because of the guadalajara station to break into the final four rankings, the latest ranking of 116, Zheng Saisai and Zhu Lin fell 22nd and 10th respectively, the latest ranking ranked 117th and 119th, respectively. I look forward to the Chinese Jinhua people to continue to work hard in the next competition and create more good results!