The women's singles of the Wuhan Open tennis tournament has come to an end, Zheng Qinwen lost to the defending champion Sabalenka 1-2 on aggregate, missing the first WTA1000 championship of her career. So far, Zheng Qinwen has received a total of 650 points and 2.18 million yuan in prize money, and will start the journey of WTA 500 Ningbo Station this week, and this week will also have the opportunity to enter the year-end finals in advance.
This year's WTA year-end finals will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in early November, with a total of 8 entry places, according to the rules, the top eight players in the annual championship points are shortlisted, because Krejcikova won this year's Wimbledon championship and locked the top 20 in the world, it is also automatically locked a year-end place, so the top 7 players in the championship points can participate.
Participating in the year-end finals has always been one of Zheng Qinwen's goals. It will be difficult for her to win her first Grand Slam title, but it is likely that she will be able to qualify for the year-end finals this year.
In the last two WTA1000-level events, Zheng Qinwen has won the semifinals of the China Open and the runner-up of the Wuhan Open, with 390 points and 650 points respectively, with a total of 1040 points, allowing her to rise from the ninth place in the championship standings to the seventh place, surpassing Collins and Navarro, and the lead is constantly expanding.
Zheng now has 4,100 points in his latest title, 532 ahead of eighth-ranked Navarro and already more than a WTA 500 total.
It is worth mentioning that before Zheng Qinwen participated in the China Open, he was once 498 points behind Navarro, and now it has become a lead of 532 points, on the one hand, Zheng Qinwen has achieved good results in the China Open and Wuhan Open, and on the other hand, Navarro has participated in the China Open and Wuhan Open, and has a total of 20 points.
At present, Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff, Paulini, Rybakina, Pegula, and Krejcikova have locked their seats in the year-end finals in advance, and only one place will be generated between Zheng Qinwen and Navarro.
Next, Zheng Qinwen and Navarro will continue to grab points in Ningbo, both of them had byes in the first round, until they appeared in the second round, and the potential first opponents are very strong, such as Zheng Qinwen may meet Mukhova, Navarro may meet Linette, and in extreme cases, both of them are out of the game in one round.
Among them, Navarro will play this Wednesday (2 days later), Zheng Qinwen will appear this Thursday, if Navarro is eliminated early, Zheng Qinwen can celebrate in advance to enter the year-end finals.