With a seven-game winning streak and his first title since his comeback, Ivashka returned to TOP1000

As we all know, both in the ATP and the WTA, there is its own ranking system. Generally speaking, if a player loses his or her ranking in this ranking system, it is quite difficult to fight back and regain his ranking. However, last week, there was such a player who proved with his actions that no matter how difficult it is, as long as there is still hope in his heart, as long as he is still persevering, then he will definitely be able to get out of the mud and come back. So, who is this? How did he perform last week? Today, let the humble article take you to see it.

This player is the Belarusian Ivashka! He won his first Challenger title in 2017 and in the years since, Iwashka has had a good record on both the Tour and the Grand Slam tournaments. In 2021, he won his first career tour title. As he is in his playing year, both the media and fans are quite optimistic about Ivashka's prospects. However, due to injury, Ivachka only played two tennis tournaments last season. His points have been wiped to zero, and his quest for the world ranking will only start at the qualifying rounds of the lowest level events.

It was in this situation that Iwashka began a difficult comeback journey. However, the comeback journey didn't go well at first, and the former top-40 didn't even make it to the quarter-finals of the hopefully tournament until last week. Just when many people have lost faith in him, Ivashka himself has not given up, and is still trying to persevere, looking for hope.

Last week, in the Lu'an Hope Qualifying Tournament, Iwashka defeated two Chinese players, Tang Jinpeng and Zhang Minghui, to reach the main event. In the first round of the main draw, Iwashka defeated the second seed and China's Mo Yecong in straight sets, and while being able to advance, she caused an upset, and because of the victory over the seeded player, Iwashka's confidence has been boosted to a certain extent. In the second round, Iwashka swept past Sinclair from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to win her first two straight matches since her comeback and reach the quarterfinals of the Hope Tournament for the first time in the 2025 season.

In the quarter-finals, facing Taiwan's Li Guanyi, Ivashka, who had reached the peak of confidence, only allowed her opponent to win four games in two sets. After the victory, Iwashka reached the semi-finals. Facing Morocco's Bonshetri, who had previously competed in the main draw of a Grand Slam, Ivachka showed no mercy and swept in two sets to reach his first hope final of the 2025 season, and he was already within striking distance of winning the title.

In the final, in the final matchup with Russia's E Agafonov, Ivaška won the first set and met with stubborn resistance from her opponent in the second set. Fortunately, in the end, when he was forced to score seven, Ivashka still won the game. And this is also the second time that he has been forced to score seven points in the Lu'an Hope Tournament. With the victory, Ivashka not only won her first Hope Championship title since her comeback, but also moved herself up nearly 700 places in the world rankings and returned to the 1,000 zone. He proved with his actions that as long as there is hope in his heart, he does not give up, and perseveres, then he will be able to return to the place where his dream began.

Sports is a river and lake, and tennis is also a river and lake. I hope my article can bring some fresh information to all fans. Whether it's compliments or criticisms, maybe it's just to be able to get me far. That's it for today, and it continues tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)