With May just around the corner, the clay season of 2022 has entered its most competitive phase.
In the early morning of May 3, Beijing time, the 2022 WTA1000 Madrid Competition began the third round of the women's singles competition.
In a focus match, American post-00 player Anisimova defeated Azarenka 6-1 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 for the first time in her career.
Compared with Radukanu and Swatek, I believe that everyone is relatively unfamiliar with Anisimova. It is reported that the American was born on August 31, 2001, and in terms of age, it is very close to the first two players.
But in professional results, the Americans are clearly behind the other two players.
In 2017, Anisimova won the U.S. Open Junior Women's Singles Title, the highest moment of her career so far.
In 2018, Anisimova reached the WTA women's singles final for the first time and finished runners-up. In 2019, she made a breakthrough at the Grand Slam. At the French Open that year, she defeated Sabalenka, Halep and other famous players to reach the final four of a Grand Slam for the first time, which is also her best result in the Grand Slam so far.
In the same year, she reached the women's singles final of the Bogotá Tour, where she won her first WTA women's singles title.
After that, the American player experienced injuries and the death of his father (and coach), and his results began to fluctuate. After beating world number 17 Azarenka in Madrid, it became a milestone for her 10th career win over the world's top 20 players.
Anisimova's 10 career wins against the world's top 20 players:
In the third round of the 2018 Indian Wells Tournament, she defeated the world's 9th Kvitova 6-2 6-4
In the third round of the 2019 Australian Open, he defeated world 11th Sabalenka 6-3 6-2
In the second round of the 2019 French Open, he defeated world 11th Sabalenka 6-4 6-2
2019 French Open quarter-finals, defeated world 3rd Halep 6-2 6-4
In the second round of the 2020 Doha Tournament, she defeated world 7th Svitolina 6-3 6-3
In the first round of the 2020 Cincinnati Tournament, he defeated world No. 19 Risk 6-3 6-3
In the third round of the 2022 Australian Open, 4-6 6-3 7-6 (5) reversed naomi Osaka, the 14th in the world
2022 Charleston defeated world No. 5 Sabalenka 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the third round
In the first round of the 2022 Madrid Tournament, he defeated world no. 4 Sabalenca again 6-2 3-6 6-4
In the third round of 2022 Madsei, he defeated the world's 17th Azarenka 6-1 6-4
It is worth mentioning that beating Sabalenka and Azarenka in Madrid has also become the American's two consecutive players in the world rankings since the 2019 French Open. At the 2019 French Open, she first defeated Sabalenka in the second round and then Halep in the quarter-finals.
In the world rankings, Anisimova is also currently climbing. It has risen from 78 at the beginning of the year to 33rd. She also won her second career WTA singles title at this year's Melbourne Summer Tour. (Source: Tennis House Author: Wu Li Fun)