On February 6, Beijing time, in the past week, Chinese tennis ushered in a long-awaited victory, achieving three championships and five runners-up results in various events. In the new edition of the world rankings, four Chinese players have set career highs.
Reaching the last 16 of the women's singles at the 2023 Australian Open gave Zhu Lin more confidence, and she only lost her first set in the first round against compatriot Wang Xiyu at the WTA Tour Hua Hin, and then won ten consecutive sets to win five consecutive games to claim her first WTA Tour women's singles title. In a 15K tournament in the ITF Monastir, Yang Yidi and Chinese Taipei's Li Yaxin faced a bitter battle in the women's doubles final, winning the tiebreaker until 15-13.
At an ATP Challenge tournament in Cleveland, USA, Wu Yixiang, who won the first Grand Slam draw of Chinese mainland men's players at the US Open last year, crossed all the way to the men's singles final and became the runner-up. In an ITF40K event held in Mexico City, Yuan Yue lost regretfully after wasting match points and saving match points, and won the women's singles runner-up of this event. WTA Tour Hua Hin Women's Doubles Final, Zhu Lin/Wang Xinyu lost 0-2 to the opponent to win the runner-up, although Zhu Lin regretted that she did not win the "double championship" glory, but she and Wang Xinyu will enter the top 100 in the women's doubles world rankings. In a WTA125K event, a multinational duo of You Xiaodi and Japan's Kyoka Okamura lost to the runner-up in the women's doubles final after a tiebreaker.
In the latest edition of the world ranking, four Chinese players have set career highs, namely 41st in women's singles Zhu Lin, 91st in men's singles, 97th in men's singles Wu Yixiang, and 165th in men's singles. So far, two Chinese mainland male players have ranked first in Asia in the TOP100, and Japan and South Korea have only one player within the 100 men's singles. In addition, together with Zhang Shuai, ranked 23rd, and Zheng Qinwen, ranked 29th, three Chinese players broke into the top 50 of the WTA world rankings, and Wang Xiyu and Wang Xinyu, two post-00 flowers, entered the TOP100.