The latest WTA world rankings have been announced, and Zheng Qinwen has come to fourth place in the world for the first time, creating a new history of individual rankings! While many people are happy for China's first sister, worries also arise: how long can Zheng Qinwen stay in this position, and will he wait until next week to quickly give up the fourth place in the world?
By reaching the semi-finals of the Queen's Cup, Zheng Qinwen set a new record for the highest ranking and made a historic move to fourth place. The current ranking also makes Zheng Qinwen the second Chinese Jinhua to advance to the TOP4 after Li Na, and Li Na's highest world ranking has come to the second in the world!
Although the ranking promotion is something to celebrate for Zheng Qinwen, starting this week, China's first sister will also officially enter the TOP4 ranking defense battle. Judging from the latest situation of the current WTA rankings, there is a great possibility that as many as four people will squeeze Zheng Qinwen out of the top 4 before Wimbledon starts and replace him.
Now when it comes to Zheng Qinwen's world fourth, a netizen said something that is not afraid of offending the fans of China's first sister: If it weren't for the Italian girl Paulini who did not play in the Queen's Cup, even if Zheng Qinwen reached the semifinals in the Queen's Cup, it would be difficult to replace her original world fourth.
There is no doubt that Borini is the first person to pose a serious threat to Zheng Qinwen's ranking!
The difference between Zheng Qinwen and Paulini is very small, she is only 48 points ahead of the Italian girl! This also means that Paulini, who returned from the Berlin 500 this time, as long as her performance is better than Zheng Qinwen, she will squeeze the Chinese first sister out of the world at any time.
The Italian girl had a good draw at this Berlin 500! Enjoy the treatment of a bye in the first round; The opponent in the second round will be between the two qualifiers, and with the strength of last year's Wimbledon runner-up, it is believed that it should not be difficult to pass; In the quarter-finals, he faces potential opponent Case, who is currently in average form on grass. So much so that many people shouted that the Italian girl was the rhythm of escorting the semi-finals.
If there is no accident in the middle, and Paulini reaches the semi-finals of the Berlin 500 as she wishes, Zheng Qinwen's fourth place in the world will definitely not be retained.
Compared with Paulini's good signing, Zheng Qinwen played former Wimbledon champion Rybakina in the first round, which seems to increase the danger of her first-round exit.
Some people say that although Zheng Qinwen reached the semi-finals in the Queen's Cup and seems to have performed well, he has been winning stumbling and stumbling, and almost every game will expose a lot of problems. Especially the focus of the semi-final against the American girl team Anisimova, which exposed all the problems of her lack of grass combat. Such Zheng Qinwen met Rybakina in the first round of the Berlin 500, and he was obviously unlucky.
Many fans and netizens have already calculated an account for Zheng Qinwen in advance, she reached the second round of the Berlin 500 last year and gained 60 points, if she suffers a round trip against Rybakina at that time, as long as Paulini wins a match, China's first sister in the world will be lost.
And if Zheng Qinwen is really unfortunate to fall in the first round of the Berlin 500, then the danger of further decline in the ranking will continue to intensify.
Zheng is currently 184 points ahead of Case, who is ranked sixth, Andreeva in seventh, and Swiatek in eighth with 235 points. With Andreeva already out in the first round, the only people left to cause Zheng Qinwen to fall further in the rankings before Wimbledon are Keys and Swiatek.
Some people say that the Polish girl did not choose to play in the Berlin 500 this time, and the threat to Zheng Qinwen's ranking is not as big as that of Case. However, Swiatek will not cool the net with zero warm-up, and has already decided to warm up at Wimbledon from the Bad Homburg 500. If the Polish girl reaches the final in this event, it will also make Zheng Qinwen's ranking fall further; Coupled with Case's fierce rival, it is really too difficult for the Chinese sister to defend the fourth place in the world before Wimbledon.
Of course, this does not mean that Zheng Qinwen can only sit and be beaten passively, watching the people behind him jump in front of him, constantly compressing his ranking space.
At present, there is only one way: to beat Rybakina in the first round, and she can only win but not lose; Later, he will continue to fight hard with his old life, like last year's Paris Olympics, with the hard work that can fight for the country for another three hours, and force victory regardless of any consequences, and maybe there is still a glimmer of vitality. Other than that, there's really no other way!
Although this is indeed a bit difficult for Zheng Qinwen, it all depends on whether the Chinese sister wants to keep the fourth place in the world before Wimbledon. I want to sing "Love to Fight to Win" 10,000 times in my heart, and fight with all my strength in this Wimbledon battle, and strive to score one more round than my competitors!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)