Curious turn of events for Jacqueline Cristian this week at the WTA 500 in Ningbo. The Romanian suffered a defeat a few days ago in the preliminary round, losing in three sets to Kathinka Von Deichmann (3-6, 6-3, 6-4). In theory, her tournament was over. Our surprise was immense this morning when we saw that she ended up replacing Qinwen Zheng in the main draw, after the Chinese player withdrew last minute due to finishing very late in Wuhan. It seems the other candidates had already left the event, so they had to resort to a first-round lucky loser. From an early exit in the Qualifying to becoming a seeded player in the main draw, avoiding the first round.
Jaqueline Cristian has replaced Qinwen Zheng in the Ningbo draw! Lost in Q1 but making it into the tournament anyways pic.twitter.com/aVu5TKf3Ri
— Owen (@kostekcanu) October 16, 2024
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