Alycia Parks finished off her 2022 season with a bang and a 10-match winning run after recently prevailing over Anna-Lena Friedsam in the final of the Open P2i Angers Arena Loire.
Parks, who is now ranked 100th in the world, defeated Friedsam in a three-set fight 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to win her second WTA 125 title in as many weeks. With six aces on her side, Parks prevailed over Friedsam in the match.
On her way to the championship match, the young American secured victories over the top-seeded Chinese player Shuai Zhang (6-2, 6-3), the Romanian player Jaqueline Cristian (6-4, 6-4), the Czech player Marketa Vondrousova (6-2, 7-6 (3)), and the French wildcard Jessika Ponchet (4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4).
Nevertheless, this victory will lift Parks to position 75, which is a new career-high in the WTA Rankings, one spot higher than Emma Raducanu, the winner of the 2021 US Open.
He won her maiden WTA 125 title last week in Andorra la Vella, so this win comes on the heels of that victory.
Alycia Parks has set the following objectives for the year 2023: “I do see myself Top 10 next year, which is really high.”
Pictured here competing at the bett1open 2022 was Alycia Parks.
Pictured here competing at the bett1open 2022 was Alycia Parks.
In a recent interview with the WTA, Alycia Parks outlined her plans for 2023, indicating that she aimed to be ranked inside the Top 10 despite the difficulties that would be required in achieving that goal.
“If I keep playing like this, considering how I am feeling right now, I should have no trouble progressing through the draws. My goal for next year is to finish in the top ten, which is a really ambitious goal but is not insurmountable. Therefore, I have set my sights on finishing in the top ten the next year “Parks said.
In addition to that, she mentioned that she was excited about the possibility of competing in the main draws of the tournament.
“Because everyone is aware that it is a grind to make it through qualifications, I am looking forward to the opportunity to play in the main draws when I finally get there. I believe that this is what I am most looking forward to, because when I have had sufficient rest, I am extremely difficult to deter from achieving my goals. That brings us to the following year, “— I quote her.
The young woman, who is now 21 years old, also underlined the fact that she had earlier this year set the objective of breaking into the top 100 by the summertime, and while it did take her a little longer to accomplish it, she did so in the end.
“She decided at the beginning of this year that he wanted to be in the Top 100 by the end of the summer. She had to put forth a little bit more effort.
I gave it an additional push leading up to Midland as a result of the fact that Midland was intended to be my final tournament. I was so close to breaking into the top 100, but then I got 89 points deducted from my score “According to Alycia Parks.
“After that, I said to myself, “No, I have to get back up.”
Permit me to travel abroad, and I will try my best to give it that one final push.
The day before the main draw of the Australian Open was over, I moved into the top 100 in the world “Additionally, she said.
