French Open odds update: Zheng Qinwen only ranked sixth in controversy, and Tsitsipas can be shortlisted?

Recently, the tennis channel released a set of men's and women's singles odds for winning the 2025 French Open, but it has caused a lot of controversy.

As the "Dinghai Divine Needle" of the Chinese Army, Zheng Qinwen's performance in Rome proved that her ability is worthy of her Grand Slam championship ambitions, and with Sabalenka and Gauff in a hard-fought battle, the Chinese first sister has obviously become a force to be reckoned with. However, in this list, the first sister of China is only ranked sixth, even behind the Italian player Paulini, who has never lost in her career, which has caused a lot of discussion among netizens.

Although Zheng Qinwen has won all the all-time meetings between the two, Paulini's aura of winning the championship in Rome obviously overshadowed Zheng Qinwen, who won the French Open with 0 titles. In this regard, some netizens believed, "It is obvious that in this year's clay season, in addition to the hot Sabalenka, the "stability" shown by Paulini, who broke into the semifinals in Stuttgart and won the championship in Rome, is really staggering! ”

However, some netizens analyzed, "This odds hint at the outside world's pathological obsession with 'stability'." "Paulini should not be ranked fifth, either against several major rivals or in terms of her strength, because her style of play is itself a very mediocre state waiting for her opponent to lose control and play with fire. And this is reminiscent of the philosopher Žižek's words, "The most successful moment of ideology is when people mistake chance for necessity." Obviously, the French Open is not Rome, perhaps Paulini is just an illusion in statistics, but Zheng Qinwen's "fluctuations" hide the edge of subverting the order.

In the rest of the list, in women's singles, world No. 1 Sabalenka and defending champion Swiatek are tied for first place, Gauff and Andreeva are close behind, Rybakina is ranked seventh, Badosa is eighth, and Svitolina and Obes, who have had a good clay season, are unexpectedly out of the list. Therefore, it is no wonder that many netizens commented on this list as "the tyranny and prejudice of Europeans in data", obviously, this list contains too much "incredible".

The men's singles list is also controversial. Alcaraz, who won Monte Carlo and Rome Masters on clay in the clay season, is the deserved number one in the rankings, while world No. 1 Sinner is second with his performance in Rome. It is worth noting that Djokovic, who just ended his clay losing streak yesterday, is third in this list, Zverev is in fourth, while Madrid champion Ruud is in fifth, Draper is close behind in sixth, Musetti, who has performed well on clay this year, is in seventh and Tsitsipas is eighth!

For Zverev, this year's results are indeed indescribable, as the current world No. 3, although he holds 18 titles, he has never broken the "Grand Slam Demon", just like the trapped prophecy of Oedipus in Greek mythology. This is largely due to the fact that he is too conservative in his style of play, and too sensitive and fragile on a psychological level.

And in yesterday's Hamburg game, he even lost 4 points in a row after leading 5-3 in the deciding set, and finally lost to the French good player Muller, and stopped the second round of the Hamburg 500 tournament in an upset. This will obviously affect everyone's expectations of him at the French Open, but as last year's runner-up, can Zverev prove that will is always an immeasurable variable of human will? This is still a very big question.

Finally, in this list, the most surprising thing is the entry of Greek star Tsitsipas, who obviously shocked everyone with the inclusion of the Greek who had no results or even a win in this year's clay season. Compared to his ambitions, Tsitsipas' odds of winning the title should always remain a mystery, an unimaginable mystery. Therefore, it is no wonder that many netizens scoff at this list, after all, such data is really up for debate.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)