In 2025, they left their good performance for January

The top seed this week was beaten out by France's D Martynov, who was ranked far below him, after winning the first set at the Saint-Gedan Challenger. It is worth mentioning that since losing to Belgium's Minnion in the first round of the WTA 250 Austin Open, Wei Sijia has suffered a wave of six consecutive defeats, which has dropped her world ranking to 127th. However, many people may not know that Wei Sijia actually has a good performance in January 2025. Moreover, not only her, but several Chinese girls had a good performance in January. It's a pity that after that, they have never had a decent record, so who are these Chinese girls? How did they fare in January? Today, let the humble article take you to see it.

In January, Wei Sijia defeated Australia's Cabrera, Thailand's Manangchaye, Switzerland's Waltert and Philippines' Ieira to reach the final of the Canberra Challenger for the first time in her career. Despite losing to Japan's Aoi Ito in the final, Wei Sijia has risen in the world rankings.

After that, in the Australian Open qualifying tournament, Wei Sijia made persistent efforts to defeat Belarus's Sasnovich, Germany's Kopacz, and Serbia's Stojanovic to enter the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. Unfortunately, in the first round of the Australian Open, it was unable to go further. However, to emerge from the shadow of the first set and win four games against Italy's Paulini, who has reached two Grand Slam finals, Wei Sijia deserves praise for his performance. Sadly, since then, she has not performed as well as she could have done in both the Tour and the Challenger. At the moment, after suffering six consecutive defeats, it is still a mystery when she will be able to perform brilliantly.

In the same month, due to the injury of Jinhua's first sister Zheng Qinwen, she withdrew from the United Cup, and the responsibility of participating in the United Cup fell to Gao Xinyu.

In the first match, she defeated Germany's Sigmund in three sets to score a crucial point for the Chinese team. In the second game, Gao Xinyu defeated the Brazilian player Maia, who had reached the semifinals of the Grand Slam, in two sets in a row under the unfavorable situation of losing one set first. It should be noted that this is the first TOP20 win of his career. However, that was the end of its highlight. Since then, he has played the 75 Challenger several times as the top seed, but only once has reached the final. Since then, she has repeatedly exited early in the Challenger. He also missed the French Open qualifiers due to visa reasons. In the future, it is worth paying attention to what kind of performance Gao Xinyu can have.

In January, at the Nonthaburi Challenge, Yao Xinxin, who had previously been unknown, defeated compatriot You Xiaodi in the first round and was able to advance. In the second round, she let Japan's Yayumi Yushi win only one game. In the quarter-finals, Yao Xinxin faced a tough battle against Hong Kong's Wong Hong Yee, and she fought in three sets to defeat her opponent and advance. In the semifinals, Yao Xinxin defeated Russia's Tkacheva and reached the final, just a stone's throw away from the championship.

In the final, she faced another compatriot, Zheng Yushuang, and she swept in two sets to win her first Challenger title of the 2025 season. At the same time, this is also the first championship won by a Chinese women's tennis player in the 2025 season, which is the highest-level singles title of Yao Xinxin's career. Unfortunately, after that, Yao Xinxin never reached the quarterfinals. She has now dropped to No. 257 in the world rankings and is still a mystery whether she will be able to qualify for the French Open. I hope that in the future competitions, these Chinese girls can perform well, so let's bless them here. That's it for today, and it continues tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)