The first week of April at the WTA was held in Charleston, USA and Bogota, Colombia, with Charleston at the 500th class and Bogota at the 250th class. Chinese players attacked in two lines, and according to the plan, Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen and others signed up for charleston, while Wang Qiang signed up for the Bogotá station.
Charleston Station: Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai were shortlisted for the main competition
As a WTA 500 class event, Charleston is star-studded, including world number one Swatak, a total of 5 world top 10 registered. In terms of Chinese players, Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xinyu, Zheng Saisai, Yuan Yue and Wang Xiyu all registered for this competition.
According to the ranking of the registration deadline (March 7), only Zhang Shuai, who is 41st in the world, and Zheng Qinwen, who is 74th in the world, have entered the main competition, but with the withdrawal of Muguruza, Ostapenko, Svitolina, Halep, Diaz, Petkovic and Li An, Wang Xinyu in 84th place and Zheng Saisai in 128th place have also entered the main tournament.
In addition, Yuan Yue, who is ranked 145th in the world, and Wang Xiyu, who is ranked 150th, are ranked 2nd and 4th on the bench list, respectively. Once there are players in front of them who retire, they also have a good chance of being directly qualified for the main tournament and do not have to participate in the qualifiers.
In terms of doubles matches, Chinese players Zhang Shuai, Yang Zhaoxuan and Xu Yipan signed up to participate. Among them, Zhang Shuai will compete with The American Dolehead and gui is the No. 2 seed of the event; Yang Zhaoxuan will compete with Chinese Taipei's Zhan Haoqing, and Xu Yipan's new partner is Germany's Heisen Vivian.
Bogotá Station: Wang Qiang chose to retire from the competition, and had no chance to emulate Han Xinyun to shine in Bogota
Compared to the Charleston 500, the Bogotá 250 in the same period was star-studded. Among the registered players, ossolio, who is in the highest ranking, is only 35th, and the top 100 players are only 8. Wang Qiang, who is 104th in the world, has already entered the main competition and is very likely to get a seeding seat, but she chose to withdraw from the competition before the competition.
Because the bogotá tournament was held in Colombia in April, and the North American spring season was still continuing, the lineup was always poor, and it was a breakthrough for some unknown players. Chinese player Han Xinyun entered the top 8 of Bogotá in the 2011 season and was praised by fans for "shining Bogotá". This time, Wang Qiang did not have the opportunity to shine in Bogotá, which is regrettable.
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