The new WTA season promises to be one of the most exciting ones in the Open era, with 21 different champions from the first 22 events! Sofia Kenin, Yafan Wang, Bianca Andreescu, Amanda Anisimova, Petra Martic, Jil Teichmann and Maria Sakkari have won the first WTA title in a career this year, with a lot of upsets and unexpected results that brought drama and excitement both on the court and on the WTA Race list. Petra Kvitova has been among the best players in the world since 2011 but she never managed to make that extra step and become world no. 1. The winner of 27 WTA titles is the only player with two WTA trophies this season, conquering Sydney and Stuttgart and playing on a high note in the majority of eight events she entered to lead the WTA Race with 3205 points.
After a slow start in Brisbane, Petra picked up her form and won Sydney before reaching the final of the Australian Open where Naomi Osaka defeated her in a thrilling encounter. The Czech was also the finalist in Dubai and the quarter-finalist in Miami, losing to young guns Belinda Bencic and Ashleigh Barty before going all the way in Stuttgart, hoping for more of the same in Madrid where she is the defending champion. Australian Open champion and world no. 1 Naomi Osaka is the two-time Grand Slam champion already at the age of 21, standing second in the Race without playing her best tennis outside Melbourne.
Lesia Tsurenko beat her in Brisbane after a poor performance and the results were not much better in Dubai, Indian Wells and Miami either, not performing at her best and withdrawing before the semi-final clash against Anett Kontaveit in Stuttgart due to an abdominal injury. The Japanese is back in action in Madrid, reaching the quarter-final and looking good to stay on the no. 1 position ahead of Rome where she lost in the second round a year ago. Karolina Pliskova has every reason to be happy with the way she played in the first four months as well, despite an injury that has been bothering her for weeks.
The Czech is the third and the last player with 2000 points in 2019 so far, winning the title in Brisbane and reaching the semi-final at the Australian Open for an almost perfect start of the campaign. Following the quarter-final run in Dubai and Indian Wells, Pliskova fought for the title in Miami against Ashleigh Barty, deciding to slow down a little bit in April to recover and prepare for the biggest events on clay and the grass swing where she should be among title favorites. The 23-year-old Ashleigh Barty has been playing her career-best tennis in 2019 so far, leading her country towards Fed Cup final and delivering some mighty impressive tennis in front of the home fans to compete in Brisbane final and the last eight in Melbourne.
The best was yet to come for the Ipswich native, though, going all the way in Miami for the most significant title in a career and the place in the top-10. The Aussie has found the form on clay as well, advancing into the quarters in Madrid and extending the winning streak to 11. Belinda Bencic and the young Canadian Bianca Andreescu are also more than pleased with the way they performed so far this year, claiming Dubai and Indian Wells crown respectively and chasing even bigger goals in the rest of the season if they maintain the current level.
Belinda is in the quarter-final in Madrid while Bianca has been dealing with a shoulder injury that ruled her out from Madrid and Rome, working hard on potential Roland Garros comeback. Angelique Kerber, Elina Svitolina, Kiki Bertens and Simona Halep forge the rest of the top-10 group and they will try to improve their position on the list, especially Halep who has played in only one final so far this season, chasing the first title since Shenzhen last year in Madrid.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2VbvAeD
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