Iga Swiatek, who has 2,681 points, is in fifth place, while Ons Jabeur of Tunisia is in eighth place, separated by just under 400 points.
The Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard is gaining steam as the US Open, the season’s final Grand Slam, gets underway, with only a few hundred points separating the bottom half of the eight qualifying spots.
Iga Swiatek, who is currently in fifth place with 2681 points, and Ons Jabeur, who is currently in eighth place and is from Tunisia, are separated by just under 400 points. They are closely followed by Naomi Osaka and Garbine Muguruza, who are ranked sixth and seventh, respectively.
Ashleigh Barty, the incumbent WTA Finals champion, is still in the lead and may further solidify her control of the Leaderboard with a strong showing over the upcoming two weeks in New York, where the winner will collect 2000 points.
Keeping pressure on the leaders Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in doubles, Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara just won their fifth championship of the year at Tennis in the Land (Cleveland).
On the Porsche Race to Shenzhen, the US Open is lap 29. (a reference to qualifying tournaments leading into the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen). The year-end final will include the top 8 singles players and doubles teams from 2021.
In addition to securing a seat in the season-ending extravaganza, the singles champion of the Porsche Race to Shenzhen—the player who ends in first place heading into the WTA Finals—will also receive the keys to a new Porsche.
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Barty increases the lead in the Porsche Race to Shenzhen.
The WTA World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty defeated Jil Teichmann in the Western & Southern Open final to increase her point total by 900 and advance in the race to the WTA Finals.
With her victory at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Sunday—her tour-leading fifth championship of the year—Ashleigh Australia’s Barty expanded her lead on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen Leaderboard. The WTA World No. 1 overcame Jil Teichmann in the championship match to earn 900 additional points and advance in the race to the WTA Finals, where she will defend her title.
After a great quarterfinal performance in Cincinnati, Barbora Krejcikova moved up to No. 2 before being defeated by Barty in the last eight.
The duo of Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani improved five spots this week to hold the No. 11 spot in doubles. The pair only recently formed a partnership, but they have already advanced to the championship round of every competition they have entered. They placed second at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, won the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal, and most recently advanced to the championship game in Cincinnati.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Iga Swiatek make another significant leap, moving up two spots to take the eighth and final qualifying spot. In Cincinnati this past week, the American-Polish team advanced to the quarterfinals.
Lap 28 of the Porsche Race to Shenzhen is represented by Tennis in the Land (Cleveland) and the WTA Chicago Women’s Open (a reference to qualifying tournaments leading into the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen). The year-end final will include the top 8 singles players and doubles teams from 2021.
In addition to securing a seat in the season-ending extravaganza, the singles champion of the Porsche Race to Shenzhen—the player who ends in first place heading into the WTA Finals—will also receive the keys to a new Porsche.
Porsche Race to Shenzhen: Barty has a commanding lead; behind him, things are close
With the victory in Cincinnati, Ashleigh Barty increased her lead in the Porsche Race to Shenzhen. The surprising woman of the year 2021 is currently standing behind it.
Anyone who helped Barbora Krejcikova finish second in the Porsche Race to Shenzhen at the end of August? Raise your hands if you can. After the Cincinnati WTA Tour 1000 event, the Czech, who unexpectedly won the French Open in the spring, is ranked second overall. You can make plans by taking part in the women’s tour’s yearly finale. It is still unclear if this will actually occur in Shenzhen. In any case, the corona pandemic ruined the 2020 WTA Finals.
When it comes to winning the race, Ashleigh Barty is untouchable. No other player has more than 4,000 annual points to show for their efforts than the Wimbledon champion, who has already accrued more than 6,200 points this season. After Krejcikova, Karolina Pliskova, Iga Swiatek, and Naomi Osaka are in order of finishing position.
Ons Jabeur, who is barely 50 points ahead of Cori Gauff in the standings, now determines the top eight. With her impressive showings at Wimbledon and Cincinnati, Angelique Kerber re-entered the competition and is currently ranked 15th in the overall standings.
Ashleigh Barty purchases a Porsche Cayenne Coupe for herself.
Ashleigh Barty, an Australian, won the “Porsche Race to Shenzhen,” which served as the official qualification for the Shiseido WTA Finals, which will get underway on Sunday. She received the Porsche Cayenne Coupe that was the winner’s award on Friday.
In the famous year-end event for the eight most successful players, the 23-year-old world No. 1 begins as the favorite. The event will be held in Shenzhen, a high-tech metropolis in China, for the first time after five years in Singapore.
Ashleigh Barty stated, “I’m really honored to have also won the Porsche Race to Shenzhen after such an eventful year. Before the Shiseido WTA Finals even begin, the Australian is coming off of her most successful year ever. She won the WTA competitions in Miami and Birmingham in addition to her first Grand Slam victory at the French Open in Paris. She finished second in Sydney and Beijing at the beginning of October, and she hopes to continue winning in the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center. At the conclusion of what has already been a really spectacular WTA season for me, I sincerely hope I can maintain this momentum for the WTA Finals and play my best tennis.
“The suitable reward for her outstanding tennis performances this season is the sporty Cayenne Coupe,”
“For winning the “Porsche Race to Shenzhen,” Ashleigh Barty has our sincere congratulations. The agile Cayenne Coupe she won as a gift is a just reward for her stellar tennis accomplishments this year “said Detlev von Platen, a Porsche AG executive board member in charge of sales and marketing. The WTA Finals serve as the ideal capstone to a tremendous tennis year and represent yet another high point in our productive cooperation with the WTA.
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic), Naomi Osaka (Japan), Simona Halep (Romania), Bianca Andreescu (Canada), Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic), Belinda Bencic (Switzerland), and Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) have all qualified for the year-end tournament in addition to Ashleigh Barty, who won the “Porsche Race to Shenzhen.” It implies that Petra Kvitova, who won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in 2019, and Karolina Pliskova, who won it in 2018, will be competing in China. Anna-Lena Gronefeld, a member of Porsche Team Germany, has also qualified for the season’s highlight event for the top eight singles players and doubles couples. She will be competing alongside the Dutchwoman Demi Schuurs in the field of the top eight doubles pairings.
Porsche is providing 40 automobiles for the Shiseido WTA Finals as the event’s partner. There will also be a Porsche Cayenne Coupe parked next to the Centre Court in the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, and there will be a number of Porsche-related events for guests of the Fan Village. One of the main markets for the manufacturer of sports cars is China. Due to this, Jens Puttfarcken, CEO of Porsche China, is anticipating the debut of the prestigious event in Shenzhen. The WTA Finals, he claims, “have grown into an event with global appeal and are also one of the major sporting events in China each year.” “We’re thrilled to be a part of Porsche China’s success story this year,” the company said.
Porsche continues its fruitful collaboration with the WTA
The “Porsche Race to Shenzhen,” the official rating for WTA Finals qualification, will continue to be sponsored by Porsche. Next year, from October 27 to November 3, the season-ending championships in the contemporary and technologically-emerging metropole in south-east China will bring the year’s top eight female players together for the first time.
Porsche will continue to serve as the official and exclusive car partner of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and the WTA Finals by extending their productive cooperation.
“One of the athletic highlights of the year, the WTA Finals have gained popularity on a global scale. Through our long-standing relationship with the WTA, the “Porsche Race to Shenzhen,” and as a partner of the WTA Finals, we are thrilled to be a part of the success story “said Detlev von Platen, a Porsche AG executive board member in charge of sales and marketing. “Shenzhen, a tech hub in one of our key markets, serves as a global showcase for the electrification of passenger transportation. Therefore, the new WTA Finals venue is a perfect match for Porsche’s future direction.”
Porsche is well-known worldwide at every WTA tournament because to the qualification race bearing its name, and it will further increase its presence at specific events. Porsche will continue to support the WTA’s annual online fantasy competition, the “Porsche Race to Shenzhen Challenge.” The business is emphasizing the globalization of its involvement in women’s tennis as a result.
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Ashleigh Barty, winner of the “Porsche Race to Shenzhen,” with her Porsche Cayenne Coupe. Micky Lawler (WTA/l.) is pictured with
Ash Barty’s winning Porsche, which one?
Ash Barty, an Australian, received a number of well-deserved gifts the day following her 25th birthday. By defeating Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix singles final, Barty not only made history as the first Australian winner, but she also won the doubles championship with tennis partner Jennifer Brady shortly after (USA).
The electric Porsche wagon is based on the Porsche Taycan sedan, a finalist for the carsales COTY award, but it rides higher and has more practical features like all-wheel drive and traction-enhancing Gravel driving mode. Australia will begin selling the vehicle in the third quarter of 2021.
Aryna Sabalenka began the singles final better than the other two finalists. She played bravely and forcefully, and she was rewarded by winning the opening set. Ash Barty, the favorite in the competition, had to bounce back after dropping the opening set, exactly like in the quarterfinals and semifinals. For the top female tennis player in the world, it didn’t matter much. The world number seven started making errors as she started to counteract her adversary’s aggressive style of play.
The Australian first tied the score at one set all and then led 3-love in the third set in an almost world-record 20 minutes. Sabalenka fought her way back into the game, cut the score to 3-2, and gave it her all to stave off the impending loss. However, Barty maintained his composure, and the Belarusian’s power attempts that gave Simona Halep the impression that she was being “run over by a locomotive” the day before in the semifinal all failed. The Australian won the match with her second match point after 1 hour, 47 minutes.