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Women’s tennis season preview: Aryna Sabalenka rises, Coco Gauff develops, Zheng Qinwen breaks through
Tennis has finally breathed its last. After four Grand Slams, another 56 on the WTA Tour and the 2024 Paris Olympics trivia, the tennis calendar enters an off-season that usually finds players first in the Maldives and then on the practice courts before the start of the new campaign. in Australia and New Zealand in late December.
In the 2024 WTA season preview, the tennis team looks back at Aryna Sabalenko and Iga Swiatek’s battle for world number one; Zheng Qinwen’s breakthrough; Evolution of Coco Gauff; An appearance by Jasmine Paolini and much more.
They also pick their best and favorite matches, surprises and moments from another remarkable year in tennis.
Be sure to chime in with your picks in the comments – there’s a lot of tennis to explore.
The season of two Gauff coaches and thoughts on the WTA top 10
Hansen: If you were to analyze Gauff’s season — the WTA Tour Finals title, the WTA 1000 in Beijing, the 250 in Auckland and the women’s doubles title at the French Open — as Gauff, what would you say?
Futterman: She would not sign for these results and will be disappointed accordingly. I think she expected to continue to rack up Slams, or at least win one more – and she didn’t make it to the Slam finals, which she wants.
Eccleshare: I think you’d have to divide it into pre-Brad Gilbert and post-Brad Gilbert, given the nature of her Wimbledon and US Open losses and the improvements she’s made since then on her serve and forehand, although her serve can still leave her in seemingly unexpected ways. moments. Gauff beat Navarro in the semifinals when she won Auckland, so her elimination from two consecutive Grand Slams was a significant measure for Navarro of where she was before her split with Gilbert.
Hansen: Let’s stay on topic: Who among the WTA top 10 would sign up for the season and who wouldn’t?