Wednesday is the opening day for Martina Trevisan and Lucia Bronzetti in the “China Open”, penultimate WTA 1000 of the season, with a prize pool of $8,955,610, which is played on the hard courts of the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing (combined con un ATP 500) and that is transmitted directly on SuperTennis, SuperTennis Plus and SuperTenniX, the digital platform of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation.
The 30 year old left-handed player from Florence, n.112 del ranking, faces American Taylor Townsend, n.52 WTA. Martina defeated the 28-year-old from Chicago, Illinois, in the deciding round of the 2023 Cincinnati qualifiers, but was beaten this year in the first round at the US Open, also on hard courts. The winner of this match will face British Katie Boulter, n.34 in the ranking and 26 in the ranking, in the second round.
Complicated debut of Lucia Bronzetti, n.77 WTA, opposite former world number one, Japanese Naomi Osakacurrently ranked No. 7. The 26-year-old from Osaka won in three sets the only previous match with the 25-year-old from Villa Verucchio, played this year in the first round on the clay of Roland Garros. Whoever wins will then meet Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, ranked No. 32 and seeded 21.
