The WTA 250 Palermo Women's Singles Draw has been released, and the performance of Chinese players has attracted much attention.
The tournament's No. 1 seed and defending champion Zheng Qinwen faced Italy's Errani in the first round. It is worth mentioning that this is the second consecutive year that Zheng Qinwen has met Errani in the first round of this tournament. In Palermo 2023, Zheng Qinwen showed strong strength, sweeping Errani with a disparity of 6-0, 6-0 in the first round. Since then, she has been on a high trajectory, beating Parry 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round, Navarro 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals (round of 16 at this year's French Open), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals, and Paulini (French Open runner-up and Wimbledon final) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 in the final.
Another Chinese player, Zheng Saisai, has also received an update, and she will face France's Paqui in the first round. This is Zheng Saisai's return to the singles arena after 4 months. The last time she competed in singles was at the ITF at the beginning of the year, and the last time she won in singles was in the first round of the Linz 500 in 2021, when she beat Briel 6-4, 6-1.
In addition, the list of Chinese tennis teams for the Paris Olympics has been determined, the men's singles player is Zhang Zhizhen, the women's singles players are Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Zheng Qinwen, Yuan Yue, and the women's doubles combination is Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai, Zhang Shuai/Yuan Yue. As Olympians, Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue, perhaps in poor physical condition and need to adjust, temporarily decided to withdraw from this competition.
We look forward to the Chinese tennis players continuing to work hard in the future tournaments and creating more brilliance for Chinese tennis!