Guangzhou Daily (all-media reporter Sun Jiahui) On February 19th, Beijing time, the first stop of the new season, the WTA1000 Dubai Tennis Championships, will kick off. Chinese women's tennis stars Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen will go into battle. The current world ranking points difference between the two is only 111 points, ranking 22nd and 24th respectively. The competition for China's "first sister" has entered a fierce battle.
On February 18th, the WTA1000 Dubai main draw will be released. The first round will be the "China Derby". Zheng Qinwen will challenge Zhang Shuai. The winner between the two is expected to face Sam Solova in the second round and the third round. The world's first Swatek.
Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Shuai had played against each other once before, and that was in the 2021 Dubai game, when Zheng Qinwen reversed and won in 3 sets.
The Dubai Championship has 56 women's singles and 28 women's doubles. 18 of the top 20 players in the WTA tour will play together. Na led the debut, and the top 8 seeds will directly enter the second round.
In this competition, the Chinese women's tennis players are going all out. Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen have entered the women's singles draw. Zhang Shuai will partner with Olmos as the No. 4 seed in the doubles match. They have a bye in the first round and will face the Mirza combination in the second round The winner with Kudermetova.
In addition, Xu Yifan will play with Sasnovic, while Yang Zhaoxuan will play with former women's singles world No. 2 Zvonareva as the No. 7 seed.