A new season of sports
This is my original translation from the original text of the WTA official website, and the original intention of my translation is not to lose my old business. Original title: Indian Wells 2024: Dates, Draws, Prize Money and Everything You Need to Know The author is Courtney Nguyen, a columnist for WTA's official website.
The North American Spring Sunshine Doubles, from California on the West Coast to Florida on the East Coast, is about to kick off with a four-week WTA 1000 Tour. Here's everything you need to know about Round 1, Indiana Wells, or Invesia for short, for the third WTA 1000 event of the year:
When does the tournament start?
After Doha + Dubai, the Prints will be held on outdoor hard courts at the Indiana Wells Tennis Garden. 96 women's singles + 32 pairs of women's doubles are set for signing, using Penn brand match balls.
The qualifying round starts on Sunday, March 3, and the main event will start on Wednesday, March. Daytime games are scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. Indiana Wells is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and 16 hours behind Beijing Time.
Each half will continue to change the daytime playing time until the quarter-finals. All singles quarter-finals are scheduled to begin on Thursday, March 14. The singles semifinals are scheduled for Friday, March 15.
When will the finals?
The Women's Doubles final is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 16. The Women's Singles final is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 17.
Who are the seeded players?
The top 32 seeds had a bye in the first round. They will make their debut on Friday + Saturday of the first week.
Top 16 seeds.
no.1 Swiatek
no.2 Sabalenka Aryna Sabalenka
no.3. Coco Gauff
no.4 Rybakina Rybakina
no.5 Pegula Jessica Pegula
no.6 Jabeur ons Jabeur
no.7 Vondrousova Marketa Vondrousova
no.8 Zheng Qinwen
no.9 Sakkari Maria Sakkari
no.10 Ostapenko Jelena Ostapenko
no.11 Kasatkina Daria Kasatkina
no.12 Mayan beatriz haddad maia
no.13 Jasmine Paolini
no.14. Samsonova Liudmila Samsonova
no.15 Alexandrova ekaterina Alexandrova
no.16 Svitolina Elina Svitolina
Who are the defending champions?
World No4 Rybakina defeated No. in the championship match2 Sabalenka, 7-6(11), 6-4, won her first WTA 1000 Women's Singles title, a repeat of that year's Australian Open title.
In the Women's Doubles Championship, the Czech Republic's Kreva + Siniakova defeated Maya + Sigmund 6-1, 6-7(3) [10-7] to win the Women's Doubles trophy for the first time.
How about signing?
The draw is scheduled for Monday, March 4.
How much is the bonus + points?
The total prize pool for Inveis is $9,258,080.
Champion: $1,100,000 USD 1,000 points
Runner-up finalist: $585,000 650 points
Top 4 semifinalist: $325,000 390 points
Top 8 quarterfinalist: $185,000 215 points
Fourth round: $101,000 120 points
Third round: $59,100 65 points
Second round: $42,000 35 points
First Round: $30,050 10 points
Summary of the season so far:
The 11th WTA Tour took place this week in San Diego + Austin as scheduled. At the beginning of the season, the top 4 players appeared: No4 Rybakina + no10 Ostapenko with 2 titles + most wins. This is followed by no1 Swiatek + no2 Sabalenka, who have played fewer games, but have won two of the three biggest competitions in the previous two months.
Grand Slams
Australian Open: Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen.
Doha DOHA: Swiatek beats Rybakina 7-6(8), 6-2
Dubai Dubai: Paulini beats Karin, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
WTA 500 events.
Brisbane: Rybakina beats Sabalenka.
Adelaide Adelaide: Ostapenko beats Kasatkina.
Linz: Ostapenko beats Alexandronova 6-2, 6-3
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi: Rybakina beats Kasatkina 6-1, 6-4
San Diego San Diego: TBD
WTA 250 event.
Auckland: Gauff beats Svitolina, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3
Hobart: Navarro beats Mertens, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
Hua Hin: Schneider beats Zhu Lin, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
Cluj-Napoca:Puva beats Bogdan, 6-4, 6-3
Austin Austin: TBD
United Cup: Germany beats Poland, 3-2
The top players continue to be successful, but there is still plenty of room for surprise. Sabalenka defended her title in Melbourne, but the Australian Open also saw China's No. 1 Zheng Qinwen reach her first Grand Slam title match, while Ukraine's Yaka reached her first Grand Slam semi-final as a qualifier.
February's surprises continue. In Hua Hin, Schneider won the first WTA women's singles championship as a qualifier. In Dubai, Italy's Paulini+ qualifier Carlin made it to the WTA 1000 for the first time since 2022.
Chinese Golden Flower:Zheng Qinwen led 8 people, and directly entered the main tournament with the world ranking of TOP 90, and I hope that they will have good luck, enter deeper rounds, and enjoy the good time of the Sunshine Double Tournament.