{"id":808382,"date":"2026-10-20T07:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808382\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:34:31","slug":"former-us-open-champion-has-just-won-her-biggest-title-in-seven-years-at-wta-125-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/808382\/","title":{"rendered":"Former US Open champion has just won her biggest title in seven years at WTA 125 event"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a big week for many in the tennis world, with some unlikely champions at the Masters and WTA 1000 level.<\/p>\n

As such, both Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Maja Chwalinska have rocketed up their respective rankings and put themselves in really strong positions to enjoy even more success in 2027.<\/p>\n

Rafael Jodar and Sonay Kartal, the losing finalists, are also well worthy of credit, having put together a stunning run of form.<\/p>\n

However, there is life on both tennis tours beyond just the highest available level at the time.<\/p>\n

After all, whilst new champions were crowned in Shanghai and Wuhan respectively, we actually saw a couple of former US Open winners win big too, albeit at a level far below a 1000 event.<\/p>\n

Bianca Andreescu wins WTA 125 event in Italy<\/p>\n

The scale of this title should not be diminished because of what was going on elsewhere; this was still a big moment for Bianca Andreescu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In fact, her WTA 125 title in Rovereto, Italy, actually represents her biggest since claiming the US Open in 2019.<\/p>\n

That year, she won her first and thus far only three titles at the WTA Tour level: Indian Wells, the Canadian Open, and her maiden major in New York.<\/p>\n

Since then, injuries have completely halted her momentum, and just years after beating Serena Williams in the final of a Grand Slam, she was back competing on the ITF circuit.<\/p>\n

Even this year, Andreescu lost in US Open qualifying<\/a>, and only managed one Grand Slam main-draw match all season.<\/p>\n

It’s therefore so good to see such a promising talent return to winning ways, and at a level just one below the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, this can prove to be the catalyst that helps bring her back to the pinnacle of the sport, where many will feel she belongs.<\/p>\n

It was a big week for former US Open champions as Sloane Stephens wins title<\/p>\n

Andreescu was not alone in returning to the winner’s circle, interestingly joined by another former US Open champion.<\/p>\n

Although her title this week was at a level below the Canadian’s, it is still worth celebrating Sloane Stephens’ success.<\/p>\n

\"Bianca<\/p>\n

Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

In winning the ITF W100 Edmond title, the American will rise to 118th in the world and has given herself a great chance to be seeded for the Australian Open qualifying. Should she maintain this form, returning to the top 100 feels very plausible.<\/p>\n

As for Andreescu, she now finds herself 132nd in the world rankings, just behind Ajla Tomljanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a big week for many in the tennis world, with some unlikely champions at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-808382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}