Joy! Zheng Qinwen has resumed on-court training!

The 2025 WTA 1000 Cincinnati tournament has already determined part of the women's singles quarterfinalists in the upper bracket. In a highly anticipated match, top seed Sabalenka, after a grueling 3-hour and 9-minute battle in the previous round against Raducanu, finally faced a relatively easier path to advance in the Round of 16, defeating Manero in straight sets with a score of 6-1, 7-5.

Seeded sixth, Keys and ninth seed Rybakina met as expected in the Round of 16. In this clash between Grand Slam champions, Rybakina came back after losing the first set 6-7, winning two sets in a row to ultimately triumph with a score of 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, advancing to the quarterfinals back-to-back in two North American hard court events.

With her 40th victory of the season, Rybakina also matched her best performance at the Cincinnati tournament, which she achieved in 2022. She will now compete with Sabalenka for a spot in the semifinals.

Another quarterfinalist in the upper bracket is the tournament's third seed Swiatek, who defeated Kostyuk in straight sets, earning 215 points and $107,000 in prize money. After reaching the quarterfinals here for three consecutive years, Swiatek has now made it to the quarterfinals of a 1000 event for the sixth time this season (24th overall). Next, she will compete against the winner of the match between Alexandrov and Kalinskaya for a spot in the semifinals.

As the only remaining Chinese player in the Cincinnati tournament, young Guo Hanyu teamed up with Panova to secure another victory in the women's doubles, eliminating the fifth-seeded duo of Stosur/Muhammad with a score of 6-1, 3-6, 10-7, and advancing to the women's doubles quarterfinals. Their opponents mounted a comeback in the super tiebreak, but fortunately, Guo Hanyu's team held their nerve and successfully converted the match point. After earning 215 valuable points, her women's doubles ranking has now reached 25th, and in the upcoming quarterfinals, she will challenge the Grand Slam champion duo of Krejcikova/Ostapenko, who eliminated Kudermetova/Mertens in the previous round.

After Zheng Qinwen's long absence from competitions due to surgery, we have rarely seen Chinese players advance deep into the singles draws. However, the latest news indicates that Zheng Qinwen has now resumed on-court training. Following her minimally invasive surgery on the right elbow in mid-July, she began recovery fitness training three days post-surgery, and by early August, she had transitioned out of her brace into an intensified recovery phase. Overall, Zheng Qinwen's post-surgery recovery appears to be going quite smoothly, and photos show that she has also switched to a new racket.

According to Zheng Qinwen's competition schedule, she has clearly stated that she will miss the US Open, and it remains uncertain whether she will participate in the upcoming Chinese season. Last year, she performed exceptionally well during the Chinese season, reaching the semifinals at the China Open (390 points), finishing as the runner-up at the Wuhan Open (650 points), and winning the Tokyo title (500 points). Additionally, she secured the runner-up position at the WTA Finals (800 points), meaning Zheng Qinwen has over 2,000 points to defend, excluding her points from the US Open quarterfinals. Of course, for the young Zheng Qinwen, there is still a long way to go in her career, and this brief pause is aimed at a better comeback. We look forward to her full return and achieving great results again!(Source: Tennis Home, Author: Barbie)