Unexpected! China's first sister Zheng Qinwen received good news before she even made her appearance, and Bardosa, who competed with her in the world's top 10 rankings, actually withdrew.

It is reported that Bardosa's withdrawal this time is due to the back injury that has been plaguing her, and the official statement released by the WTA is also specially marked with the words "lower back injury", which is likely to have buried hidden dangers in the previous Merida tennis tournament, because she also retired due to injury in that tournament. As the 2021 champion, Badosa's retirement also means that she will not be able to surpass Zheng Qinwen to replace her in the world's top 10 rankings, and due to the large gap between the current WTA top 11 and 12, Zheng Qinwen's world top 10 spot can basically be regarded as retaining in the near future.

According to the rules, after Bardosa retires, teenager Liz will enter the main draw as the lucky loser of LL, and she will face Dolehide in the first round.

China's first sister, Zheng Qinwen, is currently ranked ninth in the world with 3,780 points, but this is only 34 points ahead of 10th-placed Bardosa and 60 ahead of 11th-placed Andreeva. Judging from the current situation, with Badosa withdrawing from the competition ahead of schedule, Zheng Qinwen's worst case is after the Indian Wells game, and the ranking was overtaken by Andreeva and fell to tenth, however, because Badosa may not participate in the Miami event, Zheng Qinwen should most likely stay in the top ten for a few more weeks.

However, for the Chinese sister, who only scored 75 points in the Sunshine Doubles last year, the best case scenario is definitely to win a few more games to get more points. However, judging from the current draw, the situation does not seem to be optimistic.

Zheng's second-round opponent has now been confirmed to be two-time Grand Slam champion Azarenka, and the Chinese sister has lost both meetings with the latter, and from the current speculation, most believe that Zheng Qinwen may stop in the second round. But nothing is certain, if the Belarusian veteran suddenly suffers an injury, Zheng Qinwen has a chance to advance to the third round. However, from the current point of view, the third round is also quite grim for the first sister of China. Because, Sun Lulu, who defeated Zheng Qinwen in the first round of Wimbledon last year, has just avenged Slamkova, who is ranked 37th in the world, which is also her fourth career win over the TOP50 (Zheng Qinwen, Noskova, Aleksandrova), and her instant ranking is 46, and her next round opponent is the Czech fierce woman Noskova, if Zheng Qinwen wins, she will face the winner between the two, which is an absolutely difficult bone to gnaw.

Sun Lulu, as the dark horse of Wimbledon last year, became famous after eliminating Zheng Qinwen in the first round! As a New Zealand-Chinese, Sun Lulu's left-handed offensive style of playing to grab points once made Zheng Qinwen's spinning style of play dumb. If they meet again this time, Zheng Qinwen, who is fighting with injuries, may still be difficult to win, after all, the state and feel are there, and it is not easy to win.

Things seem to get worse against Noskova, who has beaten Swiatek in the past, and as a big-time player, Noskova has never been afraid of these highly-seeded players, and the Czech macho's aggressive serve and baseline attack are unassailable for Zheng Qinwen at the moment. Therefore, for the first sister in China, every game in Indian Wells is a high mountain, and it is definitely not easy to climb any mountain!

In this regard, some netizens said, "For Zheng Qinwen, what needs to be done now is to take one step at a time, not to think so much on the field, first patiently hit the ball back one by one, and focus on the game itself, not on the opponent." The new season has not been good, but this is just the beginning of the new season, there is still a lot of time to adjust and adapt, and now what is needed is to find the mentality and spirit that we had when we started in the second half of last year! Another netizen said, "Seeing that she was busy taking pictures in Indian Wells and busy visiting around, I knew that she couldn't have too good results in this competition, she invested too much off the field, and the whole person can't lift her spirits on the field now, which is difficult to evaluate." If this tournament is another round of tours, I don't know what kind of public opinion turmoil will be generated, she should really take care of it! ”(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)