Since Aryna Sabalenka was recently crowned champion in Wuhan, the WTA circuit continues this week with tournaments in Osaka and Ningbo, the latter with Paula Badosa.
The Catalan returned to the circuit after missing the last event due to an untimely bout of gastroenteritis that cut short his excellent late-season progress, putting him back in the top 15 in the world rankings for the first time since January 2023.
Her debut comes this Monday, when she faces (1:30 pm/Teledeporte) a tough loser, the Russian Diana Shnaider, whom she defeated this summer in the quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg tournament (6-3, 7 -6). ).
If they win, the team from Begur will face the winner of the match between Chinese X. Wang and Russian Rakhimova in the round of 16, on Wednesday, with Jasmine Paolini as a possible rival in the quarterfinals.
This is one of the last opportunities for the Spanish player to fight for one of the eight places that grant access to the WTA Finals.
She is currently 855 points behind eighth-place American Emma Navarro, so she is almost forced to win both the week in Ningbo and the following week in Tokyo.
Source: La Verdad
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