{"id":1955617,"date":"2026-05-26T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955617"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:00:18","slug":"wta-rankings-former-world-no-4-in-tears-as-she-is-set-for-big-slump-after-french-open-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955617","title":{"rendered":"WTA Rankings: Former world No 4 in tears as she is set for big slump after French Open exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">WTA Rankings: Former world No 4 in tears as she is set for big slump after French Open exit<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm 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!text-content\">\n                                An emotional Zheng Qinwen                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Barely a year after reaching a career-high in the rankings, Zheng Qinwen is set to crash out of the top 100 on the back of her first-round exit from the French Open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/zheng-qinwen\">Zheng<\/a> has fond memories of Roland Garros as she won singles gold at the 2024 Paris Games and also reached the quarter-final at last year\u2019s clay-court Grand Slam, but a serious elbow injury resulted in surgery, and she missed the US Open and this year\u2019s Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese star only made her return in February, but her return to form has been slow and she dropped out of the top 50 ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\">French Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Facing qualifier Maja Chwalinska in her opener, many expected the 23-year-old to reach the second round, but the Pole came away with a thumping 6-4, 6-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>During her post-match press conference, Zheng \u2013 who finished runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka at the 2024 Australian Open \u2013 felt the eighth game of the opening set was key as she also admitted she struggled to adapt on the smaller Court 7.<\/p>\n<h2>French Open News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/iga-swiatek-shares-35-word-message-dominant-french-open-roland-garros-win\">Iga Swiatek shares 35-word message after dominant first round French Open win<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-rankings-how-elena-rybakina-can-overtake-aryna-sabalenka-no-1-french-open\">WTA Rankings: How Elena Rybakina can overtake Aryna Sabalenka at No 1 after French Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, of course, the match doesn\u2019t go my way this time, and\u2026 honestly, it was tough conditions for me. The weather has been really hot today, she had a really good game on clay-court, and when she played high balls to me, I couldn\u2019t go that far back a lot of times,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have more space in the back court, there was one time I hit a referee behind the line. Yeah, I mean, there is some key moments, such as 4-4, I\u2019m not doing well, but that\u2019s tennis. I have to go back, work harder, and let\u2019s see next time where is my moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s more like\u2026 the nerves and the pressure today didn\u2019t allow me to play the tennis that I want. Of course, I had some great points, great games, but in important moments, such as 4-4, I remember I lost straight away four points on her service game and three points in my service game, that usually doesn\u2019t happen to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd also, I need to accept today that, okay, I didn\u2019t play well, I lost the match, Roland Garros first round, it\u2019s really, really tough on me, takes this time to handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was overcome with emotion after that and after composing herself again, she told journalists, \u201cSorry, go ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having reached the quarter-final last year, Zheng was defending 430 points, but her first-round defeat means she will drop 420 points, resulting in a 63-place drop in the Live Rankings to number No 114.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, she was asked about her ranking and replied: \u201cFor me, I didn\u2019t pay too much attention to my ranking, but of course, I need to start all again, and that\u2019s going to be different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think it\u2019s also going to be kind of positive for me, because I\u2019ve got to play a lot of matches. For me, I think the problem was I needed a lot of matches to get into the rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, of course, I want to win the match, and I love it here in Roland Garros, but I would say sometimes pressure makes me play better, but today this pressure doesn\u2019t allow me to play freely like I want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd like I said, in 4-4, the key moment, I have to say, I did really badly. I lost seven points in a row. After, in the second set, I\u2019m trying to do, I\u2019m trying, keep trying, but it\u2019s just I didn\u2019t find a way today and that\u2019s tennis, I need to accept it and there is nothing more I could say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTA Rankings: Former world No 4 in tears as she is set for big slump after French Open exit Shahida Jacobs 26 May 2026 11:00 AM An emotional Zheng Qinwen Barely a year after reaching a career-high in the rankings, Zheng Qinwen is set to crash out of the top 100 on the back of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1955617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1955617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1955617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1955617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1955617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}