On January 8th, Beijing time, the first week of the WTA2024 season came to an end! The most watched United Cup was crowned by the German team, the WTA 500 Brisbane station was won by Rybakina, and the WTA 250 Auckland station was won by Gauff! The season debut of China's Jinhua is different, and there is still a week left before the start of the Australian Open, and the tournaments will continue this week!
The latest edition of the world rankings has been released! Swiatek, who led Poland to a runner-up finish in the United Cup, continues to rank No. 1 in the world, Sabalenka, who finished runner-up in Brisbane, ranks second in the world! Rybakina, who won the championship at the same time, swapped places with Gauff, and Rybakina rose to No. 3!
In terms of China's golden flowers: Zheng Qinwen's ranking has hit a new career high, and No. 13 also makes her the No. 12 seed in the Australian Open! Zhu Lin, who stopped in the round of 16 in Brisbane, is ranked 33rd, Wang Xinyu, who stopped in the second round of Auckland, is ranked 34th, Wang Xiyu, who advanced to the top 4 in Auckland, has risen 9 places to No. 62, and Yuan Yue, who has stopped in the second round of Auckland, is ranked 73rd, setting a new career high! In addition, Bai Zhuoxuan is ranked 87th, Wang Yafan is ranked 97th, and 7 Chinese Jinhua are ranked in the TOP100!
With the end of the first week of the 2024 season, the 2024 Australian Open seed numbers will be released! Three Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen (No. 12 seed), Zhu Lin (No. 29 seed), and Wang Xinyu (No. 30 seed) will become the seeds of this season's Australian Open! In addition, Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue, Bai Zhuoxuan, and Wang Yafan will also appear in the main event; Ma Yexin, You Xiaodi, and Wei Sijia will play in the qualifying round!
In the second week of the new season, and the last week before the Australian Open, there will be two tournaments: WTA 250 Hobart and WTA 500 Adelaide!
In Hobart, Mertens and Navarro are the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, and China's Jinhua Zhu Lin is the No. 3 seed and Wang Xinyu is the No. 4 seed.
The competition in Adelaide is even more intense! Rybakina, Pegula, Vondrousova, and Krejcikova are four of the top 10 in the list; there are also Maya, Ostapenko, Kudermetova and others! Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen announced his withdrawal from the competition earlier; Wang Yafan stopped qualifying! Therefore, there is no Chinese Jinhua in the main competition!