The Beijing tournament suffers three significant withdrawals
There are only a few days left until the start of the WTA 1000 Beijing 2026, one of the major events remaining in women's tennis this season, where a significant battle for a ticket to the WTA Finals could be definitively unleashed, as well as the defense of the number 1 spot by Elena Rybakina.
In fact, the Kazakh player was one of the major doubts regarding this tournament, having had to withdraw from the Billie Jean King Cup Finals due to issues with an Achilles tendon that she has been dealing with since before the US Open. Apparently, the best player at the moment will indeed compete in the Chinese capital, where Aryna Sabalenka will try to close the gap in the rankings.
🚨 TROIS FORFAITS DE POIDS POUR PÉKIN ! ❌🇨🇳
Amanda Anisimova 🇺🇸, championne en titre, déclare forfait pour le WTA 1000 de Pékin (30 septembre) en raison d’une blessure au poignet.
Jessica Pegula 🇺🇸, n°3 mondiale et Marta Kostyuk, n°10 mondiale, seront également absentes. 🤕 pic.twitter.com/XU98ZRzEnO— Univers Tennis 🎾 (@UniversTennis) September 26, 2026
Pegula, Kostyuk, and Anisimova withdraw from WTA Beijing 2026
However, it has recently been reported that three of the top players in the world will not be able to compete. Such is the case of Jessica Pegula, Marta Kostyuk, and Amanda Anisimova, who have officially announced their absence from the penultimate WTA 1000 of the season. There are doubts about whether they will arrive in time for the Wuhan tournament, which takes place afterward and concludes the season in this category of events, before the WTA Finals.
The tournament will be held from September 30 to October 11, with high expectations to see if there will be any major surprises or if the world’s best continue to assert their dominance and the titleholder comes from outside the top 10.
This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El torneo de Pekín sufre tres bajas de gran importancia