Dalian Open Gets Ready Former World No.2 Player Will Appear in the Sports Center

       The 2017 Dalian Open held for the third time will offer a top-level tennis feast for fans at the Tebon Securities Dalian Tennis Center (Dalian Sports Center-Tennis Center) from September 3 to September 10. The global application deadline of this competition is August 14. So far, this competition has attracted over 60 professional players from such countries as China, Russia, Austria, Australia, India and Japan, including 29 players who rank among WTA’s Top 200. Besides, China’s female tennis players will gather in the coastal city. For foreign players, the participation of famous Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva, whose career high is world No.2 by WTA singles, adds more compelling contents to the competition.

       Vera Zvonareva is a Russian tennis player, whose career high is world No.2 by WTA singles and world No.9 by WTA doubles. In 2003, she won her first WTA tour singles title at the Croatia Open; in 2004, she won her second tour singles title at Memphis, and won her firstGrand Slam mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open; in 2006, she reached the third round of the U.S. Open in singles and won the mixed doubles title at the Wimbledon Championships; in 2008, she won the bronze medal for women’s singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and won the second place at the WTA finals; in 2010, she won the second place for women’s singles at the Wimbledon Championships; in 2010, she won the second place for women’s singles at the U.S. Open; in 2012, she won the women’s doubles title at the Australian Open.

       Duan Yingying came from a set down to beat Chinese American player Vania King in the women's singles final of the 2016 Jiangxi Open, thereby winning the title; reached the women's singles quarter-finals of the 2017 WTA Sydney Open; and reached the third round (Top 32) of women’s singles at the 2017 Australian Open.

       Zheng Saisai won the singles & doubles titles at the 2015 Dalian International Women’s Open; won thechampionship at the2015 WTA Tianjin International Women’s Open; won the singles title at the 2017 Kunming Open; and reached the quarter-finals of French Open with her doubles partner Begu from Romania in 2017.

       Hsieh Su-wei is a tennis player from Taiwan, China. In 2013, she won the women’s doubles title at the Wimbledon Championships, and won the women’s doubles title at the WTA finals in the same year with her partner Peng Shuai; in 2014, she ranked world No.1 in WTA women’s doubles, and won the women’s doubles title at the French Open in the same year with her partner Peng Shuai.

       In 2016, Zhu Lin came from a set down to defeat American girl Cako at ITF Shenzhen 100K, and reached the semi-finals; in 2017, she won the women’s doubles title at the Zhengzhou International Women’s Open with her partner Han Xinyun, and became the women's singles runner-up at 2017 ITF Tianjin.

       Han Xinyun won her first WTA tour title at the 2016 Hobart International, Australia, partnering American player Mchale, and won the doubles title with her partner Zhu Lin at the 2017 Zhengzhou International Women’s Open.

       Wang Yafan won the women’s doubles title with her partner Liang Chen at the 2015 WTA Malaysian Open; in 2016, she achieved her first Grand Slam victory in the second round of women's singles at the U.S. Open, and qualified for women’s singles raceat the 2016 Australian Open; in 2017, she won the women’s singles title at ITF Tianjin.

       The Dalian Open has gathered a galaxy of talents. Who else will bring a bigger surprise and suspense to this competition? Who will win the championship? Fans, let’s wait and see!