Zheng Qinwen rose to a new career high of fourth in the world, and the rankings of other players in the top 10 also fluctuated

On June 16, Beijing time, the WTA officially announced the latest issuetennisWomen's Singles World Ranking. Chinese Golden Flower,Paris 2024Gold medalistZheng QinwenWithOutstanding performance in the Queen's Cup in London, ranked fourth in the world for the first time, setting a new career record, and also became the first Chinese female tennis player to enter the world's top four since Li Na's retirement 11 years ago.

The latest WTA rankings are announced: Zheng Qinwen rose to fourth in the world, setting a new career high

Zheng Qinwen managed to reach the semi-finals of last week's Queen's Cup, earning 195 points and reaching a total of 4,853 points, thus overtaking the Italian starBolini, rising one place to fourth in the world. She currently has a 1,630-point gap to third-placed Pegula, but the breakthrough is enough to show how steadily she has been in the game in recent years. In this year's clay season, Zheng Qinwen performed well, defeating the current world No. 1 Sabalenka in Rome and reaching the quarterfinals for the first time at the French Open; She adapted quickly after moving to grass, reaching the semi-finals of the grass circuit for the first time in the Queen's Cup.

The top three in the world remained stable this week, with Sabalenka firmly at the top of the rankings with 11,553 points, well ahead of the rest of the players. Gauff of the United States is second with 8,083 points, while Pegula remains third. Sabalenka and Gauff are arguably the biggest opponents of Zheng's career so far, and both have maintained an absolute advantage against Zheng.

The rankings of the world's top 10 players have fluctuated. American Keys has risen two places to sixth place this week, thanks to his recent solid performances. Russia's rising star Mila Andreeva and Poland's former world No. 1 Swiatek slipped to seventh and eighth, respectively. American teenager Navarro moved up to ninth, while Spain's Badosa dropped to tenth.

One of the biggest highlights of the week was Germany's 37-year-old Maria, who won her first 500 event on tour, becoming the oldest WTA singles champion on tour since Serena Williams in 2020. With this breakthrough, her world ranking soared by 43 places to 43rd, and she returned to the position of Germany's first sister, which is an impressive veteran.

The performance of the other players of the Chinese team has been steady and improving. Wang Xinyu fell slightly by one place and is currently ranked 49th. Yuan Yue finished 84th in the quarterfinals in 's-Hertogenbosch. In addition, Chinese players ranked between 100 and 150 have improved to varying degrees: Wang Yafan (125), Zhang Shuai (126), Wei Sijia (131) and Gao Xinyu (149) are all worth paying attention to.

With Wimbledon approaching, whether Zheng Qinwen can continue his upward momentum and further challenge the world's top three status has become one of the focuses of the next tennis world.