Week in Review: Vekic finds form in San Diego; Gauff hits career-high ranking
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The Insider Wrap is a recap of everything you need to know from the week that was. This week, WTA Insider looks back at the San Diego Open and Transylvania Open. World No.1 Iga Swiatek
"Pressure is a privilege," might be Billie Jean King's most iconic catchphrase but "Champions adjust" is her most instructive. Iga Swiatek
View Profile has taken on both concepts. After a physical week in Ostrava, where she lost her first final since 2019, the 21-year-old No.1 bounced back. She managed the fatigue, jet lag and tough draw to defeat Zheng Qinwen, Coco Gauff
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Champion's Reel: How Iga Swiatek won San Diego 2022
Surprise of the Week: Donna Vekic
A difficult season ended on the best of notes for Donna Vekic
View Profile , who put together three Top 30 seasons only to plummet outside the Top 100 this year after injuries. The 26-year-old underwent knee surgery in February and has been scrapping her way back slowly, and it's finally coming together this fall. After making the Tallinn quarterfinals, Vekic came through as a qualifier to tally two wins against Top 10 players in San Diego, against Maria Sakkari
View Profile : Neither could solve Swiatek in San Diego, with Gauff and Pegula bowing out to the No.1 in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively. But the week was a successful one. Pegula sealed her qualifying debut at the WTA Finals in singles, the duo qualified in doubles, and they captured their third doubles title of the year, defeating No.2 seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos, 1-6, 7-5, 10-4.
View Profile : In an up-and-down season in which Collins hit career-highs in January after making her first major final and then struggle with health and injury issues, she was back to her dangerous best in San Diego.
She kept her chances of qualifying for the WTA Finals alive by scoring two Top 10 wins, over Caroline Garcia
View Profile : Ranked No.138, Blinkova became the fifth qualifier to win a title this season, capturing her first WTA title at the Translyvania Open in Cluj-Napoca. The 24-year-old will return to the Top 100 for the first time in more than a year.
View Profile : The Italian was edged out in the final by Blinkova, but her week in Cluj-Napoca was outstanding. Paolini advanced to her third WTA final by defeating Marta Kostyuk
View Profile (+8): After making her third quarterfinal of the season in Cluj-Napoca, the German hit a new career-high at No.66.
Yuan Yue (+19): The 24-year-old has followed up her surprise run to the third round at the US Open by making two ITF finals, including a win last weekend at the ITF W60 Las Vegas. With the title, Yuan makes her Top 100 debut at No.83.
View Profile (+41): The American won her first WTA tour-level match in five years, defeating Alison Riske-Amritraj in the first round of San Diego after coming through qualifying. Chirico moved up to No.155.
View Profile (+30): The Croatian is back in the Top 50 at No.47 after her great week in San Diego, where she came through as a qualifier to make the final.
