Historic new queen of the WTA 1000 in Beijing: a home champion trained in Barcelona
He dropped to the ground. Arms to the sky. Tears. Moved. Ecstasy after a serious elbow injury that took her to the operating room and removed her from the privileged positions of world tennis. Distressed for having made history, being the first Chinese player to triumph in the tournament Beijing WTA 1000.
A feat by Qinwen Zheng24 years old and world No. 54, who has won 14 of his last 15 games. He achieved his first title in two years, the sixth of his career. In May she was No. 160 in the world, she reacted by surpassing the qualifying phase of the US Open and reaching the quarterfinals.
He will rise to 23rd place in the ranking, but his goals are more ambitious once he has recovered his level. She became number 4, she is the current Olympic champion, she won the Olympic gold in Paris 2024, on the clay of Roland Garros, where her now victim, the Russian, reigned in the Grand Slam Mirra Andreeva.
Zheng beat for 7-5 and 6-4 (1h.42′) to the young pupil of Conchita MartÃnez, 19 years old and number 5, which will be new number 3, his best position, just behind Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka.
What happened in the Beijing 2024 quarterfinals was repeated, in the direct duel between the two, Qinwen Zheng, trained in Barcelona with her Catalan coach, won again. Pera Ribawith whom he only broke up for a few months in 2023, when the coach helped him Coco Gauff will lift the trophy at the US Open.
They immediately met again, they have overcome the difficult moment of the operation in the middle of the 2025 campaign. A new start for the young Asian who conquered the hearts of fans when she reached the final of the 2024 Australian Open, more for her charisma than even her result.
Qinwen Zheng succeeds the American in Beijing’s list of honors Amanda Anisimovalifts a trophy for the first time since October 2024, in Tokyo. He also gets a check for $1,151,380, one million euros. He entered the picture thanks to an invitation from the organization, which he has made the most of.
From Beijing quickly to the WTA 1000 in Wuhan, also on Chinese soil. An opening round against the American awaits Qinwen Zheng Ann Li, with Aryna Sabalenka waiting below. Andreeva will have more margin, since she is exempt from the initial round. The Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska or the Spanish Cristina Bucsa They will compete for a position against her.
