Madrid Triple Crown! Sabalenka is firmly at number one in the world

In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, the WTA1000 Madrid Open ended a much-watched women's singles final, and the top seed Sabalenka ushered in the challenge of No. 4 seed Gauff.

The consistency of the seeded players is also reflected in the meeting of the two highly-seeded players, and in fact, it can be seen from the line-up of the men's and women's singles semi-finals at this Madrid that the women's players seem to be more stable than the men's players.

The semi-finals of the women's singles in Madrid this year were [1] Sabalenka, [2] Swiatek, [4] Gauff and [17] Svitolina, and only the third seed Pegula was absent from the top four seeds, who was eliminated in the third round by the tournament's dark horse Moe Nai Uchijima, who finally reached the quarter-finals of the women's singles and was then defeated by Svitolina in straight sets.

In contrast, the men's singles semi-finals are slightly weaker, they are [5] Draper, [10] Musetti, [14] Ruud and [20] Cerundolo, and the top four seeds are all out of the semi-finals.

Among them, the top seed Zverev lost to Serundolo in the 1/8 finals; No.2 seed Alcaraz withdrew before the tournament due to a slight tear in the adductor muscle of his right leg and discomfort with the biceps femoris in his left leg (his signing was replaced by the lucky loser Mehzak); No. 3 seed Fritz lost to Ruud in the quarterfinals; Fourth seed Novak Djokovic was knocked out in the second round by Nicolas Analdi after a first-round bye.

Back in the women's singles final in Madrid, Sabalenka finally defeated Gauff 6-3 7-6(3) to achieve her third crown in Madrid, with 1,000 tournament points in her pocket, her instant points have reached 11118, not only firmly ranked No. 1 in the women's singles world, but also the third player in WTA history to exceed 11,000 points, the first two are:

Serena Williams (2013) - 13615 points

Swiatek (2024) - 11695 points

Swiatek is currently second in the women's singles world with 6,773 points, while Gauff, who just finished runner-up in Madrid, is third in the world with 6,603 points.

It is worth mentioning that Sabalenka only reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles at the French Open last year and chose to retire at Wimbledon, which means that she will continue to increase her points and extend her lead in the next month, and it is not impossible for her to surpass the highest points held by Serena Williams.

Of course, for Sabalenka, let's enjoy the current title first, "I'm sure we will have many more chances to play each other in the final, but I hope I can win all the matches. ”

"I've always enjoyed playing against you. You're a true fighter. It's great to see you back. Sabalenka told Gauff in her post-match interview.(Source: Tennis House Author: Barbie)