(January 9, 2016) By virtue of reaching the final, Agnieszka Radwanska moved up to No. 4 in the rankings solidifying her as the fourth seed at the upcoming Australian Open. On Saturday, the woman from Poland followed up by claiming the Shenzhen Open title, an International-level WTA event with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over American Alison Riske.
Radwanska has been on a roll since the US Open winning 22 out of 26 matches with three titles. She now has 18 career WTA titles.
Radwanska will now journey to Sydney to play another Australian Open warm-up tournament.
SHENZHEN OPEN – SHENZHEN, CHINA
$ 500,000.00
2-9 JANUARY, 2016
RESULTS – JANUARY 09, 2016
Women’s
Singles – Finals
[1] A. Radwanska (POL) d A. Riske (USA) 63 62
Women’s
Doubles – Finals
V. King (USA) / M. Niculescu (ROU) d [1] Y. Xu (CHN) / S. Zheng (CHN) 61 64