Venus Williams v Wang Qiang: Who is the Chinese tennis player taking on Williams?
FORMER Wimbledon champion Venus Williams is expected to dominate her rival Wang Qiang on the third day of the Wimbledon tournament. But who is the Chinese player and what is her world ranking?
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The former World No.1 and five-time Wimbledon champion will face Wang at 4pm today on Court 1 at the All England Club in Wimbledon.
Wang is facing stiff competition after Williams opened up her 20th Wimbledon tournament with a 7-6, 6-4 win over Elise Mertens on Monday.
The tough match at Wimbledon today comes after Williams skilfully defeated Wang 6-4, 7-6, in a game at the Paris Open in May.
Wang, 25, from Tianjin, China, is currently ranked 55th in the world singles and 361st in the world in doubles.
She started off this year's season with a record high ranking of 50, but it has since dropped off a little bit.
As a youngster, Wang took off on China’s ITF Circuit where she developed a preference for hard courts and right-handed serves.
Between 2006 and 2007, she continued to develop her career and won several teen tournaments in China.
Wang won her very first Women’s Tennis Association tiles in 2010, one in the singles category and one in the doubles.
A few years down the line, she scored a spectacular victory over World No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki in the first round of the 2013 Malaysian Open.
One year later, she made her Grand Slam debut at the 2014 US Open, which remains her favourite tournament to play.
The Chinese athlete managed to win three successive matches and grabbed a slot in the main draw of the tournament.
In the main draw, she impressively defeated Polish player Paula Kania 6-2, 6-0, but her progress was halted by Australian Casey Dellacqua in the second round.
Then in 2016, Wang scored a sensational straight-set win over American Sloane Stephens in the Australian Open.
During her time in the Australian Open, Wang achieved online fame with her name spreading over Chinese social media like wildfire.