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Although the Wuhan Open tennis tournament has come to an end, our Chinese tennis sister Zheng Qinwen is really popular again.
Relying on the 650 points obtained by winning the runner-up, he left off the star of United States Navarro and grabbed a place directly on the list of WTA year-end finals.
This time, Zheng Qinwen has become the second player in China to step into the door of the year-end finals after Li Na.
Let's take a look at the luxurious lineup selected for the year-end finals:
Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff, Paulini, Rybakina, Pegula, Zheng Qinwen and Krejcikova are the top eight players of the year, Ziliyadh will compete for the title.
Once the quota is confirmed, it's time to talk about the grouping, with the WTA dividing the eight players into two groups, A and B, each led by the top two champions Sabalenka and Swiatek.
The next step is to divide the points into tiers, just like a pyramid structure.
Sabalenka and Swiatek were firmly in first gear, followed by Gauff and Paolini, and Rybakina and Pegula in third pot;
Zheng Qinwen and Krejcikova, who have attracted much attention from the Chinese people, are in the fourth pot.
So judging from the classification, Zheng Qinwen is likely to be divided into the "death group".
This year's Riyadh year-end finals, that is really wealthy: the total prize money is as high as 15.25 million US dollars, 70% more than last year, which can be called the "dividend conference", of which the winning champion prize can reach 5.12 million US dollars, converted into RMB, that is nearly 36 million;
In addition, the runner-up prize is $2.6 million; The semi-finals will receive $1.2 million in prize money.
Even a win in the group stage costs $500,000;
What's even more exaggerated is that even if you lose all three games, you can still earn 250,000 US dollars, equivalent to more than 1.7 million yuan.
You can get 200 points for winning a group game, up to 600 points for the group stage, and an additional 400 points for the winner of the semi-finals; The champion can get 500 points, so that the maximum number of points can be 1500, second only to the Grand Slam.
For Zheng Qinwen, it is very difficult to win the championship, in addition to the group in the fourth pot, the situation against other players is also very unfavorable to the first sister of China.
Zheng has won just two of his last eight matchups, with a 25% win rate and the third-to-last match.
However, former US Open champion Gauff is even worse, with a win rate of only 17%, which is at the bottom;
Two-time Grand Slam runner-up and Paulini, who has a 20% win rate, is second to last.
In addition, Zheng Qinwen's two victories this season were against Paulini and Krejcikova.
Therefore, if the group can draw the group of Swiatek, Papaolini and Krejcikova, there is still a good chance of qualifying.
And if you meet Sabalenka, Pegula, and Gauff, who has been in great form recently, the possibility of qualifying is undoubtedly much smaller.
In any case, Zheng Qinwen, who has already won the finals, is already a great improvement and glory.
Let go of the psychological baggage, as long as you can play your own tennis level, whether you win or lose, it is a success.
Let's cheer for Zheng Qinwen together.
Finally, you might as well guess what kind of results Zheng Qinwen's first year-end finals trip will get, defeat the group stage, semifinals, runner-up or win the championship in one fell swoop?