Zhengzhou Open 2019, Zhengzhou, China, WTA Premier

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DATE: September 9-15, 2019
SURFACE: Hard
TOTAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $1,000,000
FIELD SIZE: 32

Seeds:

1 Karolina Pliskova
2 Elina Svitolina
3 Kiki Bertens
4 Aryna Sabalenka
5 Angelique Kerber
6 Sofia Kenin
7 Petra Martic
8 Caroline Garcia

The Tournament:

The event has been held in Zhengzhou, China, since 2014 as an ITF tournament and then as WTA 125K tournament in 2017 and 2018.

The event was subsequently upgraded and from 2019 onwards it will be a WTA Premier level tournament, replacing the Connecticut Open in the United States.


About Zhengzhou:

Zhengzhou is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the National Central Cities in China, the centre of Central Plains area and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province, as well as a major transportation hub in China (highway, railway, aviation, communication). The Zhengzhou metropolitan area (including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng) is the core area of the Central Plains Economic Zone.

Tourism Guide:

 

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The Draw:

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Can't believe that so many top players are playing in a tourney right after USO week.

 

[Double Bagel]

Svitolina takes it.

 

[tented]

Can't believe that so many top players are playing in a tourney right after USO week.

I know, it’s surprising. When I created the thread, I double checked the dates because I couldn’t believe it either.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I know, it’s surprising. When I created the thread, I double checked the dates because I couldn’t believe it either.

Simona Halep was also due to play but withdrew with injury....these players need to rest for at least a week or two,coming to the end of the season they are also prone to pick up injuries.

 

[tossip]

where is Taylor Townsend...she needs to improve her ranking so that she gets into maindraw without playing qualies...sometimes you have to spend money to make money..

 

[GameSetAndMath]

where is Taylor Townsend...she needs to improve her ranking so that she gets into maindraw without playing qualies...sometimes you have to spend money to make money..

She is currently ranked #83. That is already good enough to fetch her main draw entry all grand slam events, provided she can maintain or improve her ranking or at least not let it go above 100.

She should easily be able to make at least $200,000 even if she loses in the first round of all four GSs.

Having said that, I think she will not lose like that and she will definitely be on the move up next year. However, I think her best case scenario would be to try to end up in top 32 by the end of next year so that in the following year, she can get a seeded spot in GSs.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kerber contiues her dismal year losing in 3 sets to A.Riske 57 64 76(6) not certain if she is still carrying a injury though she received a W/C into the tournament.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

where is Taylor Townsend...she needs to improve her ranking so that she gets into maindraw without playing qualies...sometimes you have to spend money to make money..

Apart from this tournament,there are a couple of other tournaments she could have played in Asia at present,one in Nanchang and the other in Hiroshima,to me,she needs to build on the platform she showed at the USO.

 

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Apart from this tournament,there are a couple of other tournaments she could have played in Asia at present,one in Nanchang and the other in Hiroshima,to me,she needs to build on the platform she showed at the USO.

She could have built her ranking up on this momentum...

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Q/final results.

Karolina Pliskova (1) d Sofia Kenin (6) 64 46 61
Petra Martic (7) d A.Sabalenka (4) 75 57 64
A.Tomlhanovic d Saisai Zheng 61 76(4) 64
K.Mladenovic d Elina Svitolina (4) 64 46 63

S/finals are set,

Karolina Pliskova vs A.Tomljanovic
Petra Martic vs K.Mladenovic

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Top seed Karolina Pliskova reached her fifth final of the season with a clinical performance over Ajla Tomljnovic 63 62.Pliskova will now have a chance to win a fourth title of the year against Petra Martic (7) or Kristina Maldenovic.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Petra Martic made her first Premier final with a straight sets win of Kristina Mladenovic 60 63.Petra will play top seed Karolina Pliskova in the final.

Petra leads the head to head 4-1 against Karolina.Karolina sole victory came on their only previous meeting on a hard court at Miami this March,2nd Rd 63 64.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The final has been delayed due to bad weather now for 21/2 hours I am on night shift so I will not be able to wait any longer to see if play starts.I will check the results later at work.

 

[AnonymousFan]

They’re finally warming up!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

The final was delayed by nearly six hours after torrential rain all day,there were two further breaks in play during the match.

Karolina Pliskova catptured a tour leading fourth title of 2019 defeating Petra Martic 63 62.

 

[don_fabio]

Glad for my country girl Martic doing so well this tournament. Pitty she could not win it and that the final was kind of ruined due to weather.