Chinese Tennis Stars' Mixed Fortunes at Bad Homburg Open Ahead of Wimbledon
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- Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen lost in the Bad Homburg Open second round but improved her ranking, while compatriot Wang Xinyu advanced to the semi-finals after Elina Svitolina withdrew due to injury, raising concerns for Wimbledon.
- Wang will face Naomi Osaka.
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Chinese tennis players Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu had contrasting results at the Bad Homburg Open, a key warm-up for Wimbledon. Zheng lost but improved her ranking, while Wang advanced to the semi-finals.
Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen enters next week’s Wimbledon championships with a losing record on grass this season after throwing away her lead to exit the Bad Homburg Open on Wednesday.
But while Olympic champion Zheng lost 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to Clara Tauson of Denmark in the second round, she left Germany with 60 ranking points, lifting her to No 138 in the WTA rankings – an improvement of 15 places.
Meanwhile, compatriot Wang Xinyu advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA 500 event in Germany when Elina Svitolina withdrew from the quarter-finals with a right hip injury. The Ukrainian world No 8 now faces a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon.
World No 52 Wang will now face Japan’s world No 15 Naomi Osaka, who beat Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-2 in their quarter-final on Thursday.
Wang, who reached the last 16 at the Australian Open in January and lost in the first round of the Berlin Open last week to Madison Keys, is currently China’s highest-ranked women’s player.
Former world No 4 Zheng admitted after her loss in Germany that she needed to maintain her standard and performance for a longer time.
Offene Fragen
- Will Elina Svitolina recover from her hip injury in time for Wimbledon?
