Fatigued Wang bemoans 鈥榯oo many matches鈥
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China鈥檚 No. 1 Wang Qiang has been left 鈥渞eally tired鈥 at the end of a punishing season on the WTA Tour and believes she has played 鈥渢oo many matches.鈥
The world No. 22 has been on a spectacular run of form recently that has seen her leapfrog Zhang Shuai to become China鈥檚 top singles player.
But the gruelling schedule at the season鈥檚 climax has left the 26-year-old feeling fatigued 鈥 mentally and physically.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really too much,鈥 she said at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, southern Guangdong Province. 鈥淭oo many tournaments for me, too many matches. Especially the last two months.鈥
Wang won the Guangzhou Open in September, her second career title after beating compatriot Zheng Saisai at the Jiangxi Open in July. She made the semifinals at the Wuhan Open but had to retire with an injury.
And she impressed again in mid-October by staging an outstanding comeback to defeat former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza to reach her first Hong Kong Open final.
Asked about her eye-catching 2018 season, the modest and softly-spoken Asian Games champion, who is playing in Zhuhai for the first time, said: 鈥淭he top half of the year I didn鈥檛 feel so good, because my ranking went down to 91.
鈥淏ut the last five months I felt really good and I won a lot of matches. So now my ranking is 22, so I came straight into this tournament.鈥
Chinese fans have warmed to Wang鈥檚 personality, praising her as steely on the court but good-natured and humble off it.
She grabbed headlines at the French Open with her straight-sets demolition of Venus Williams, and overcame Karolina Pliskova in both Beijing and Wuhan.
And the right-hander from Tianjin has her sights set on a top-eight spot by the end of next season, when the WTA Finals tournament will take place in her home country.
鈥淚 want to play the WTA Finals in Shenzhen,鈥 when asked about her ambitions for next year.
Wang, who has so far won US$2.677 million in prize money, has been touted by some as a potential successor to Chinese tennis icon Li Na.
The former world No. 2, who triumphed at Roland Garros in 2011 and won the Australian Open in 2014 before retiring later that year, is one of Wang鈥檚 idols and spurred a generation of tennis fans in China.
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