On November 12, Beijing time, the 2021 WTA finals entered the second match day at the Akron Tennis Stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. In the El Tajín women’s doubles group stage, Xie Shuwei/Alice Mertens, who participated as the No. 3 seed, saved the final point in the first set and defeated No. 6 seed Alec 7-6 (3), 6-2. Sa Guarachi/Desira Crouchic had a good start.
Alexa Guarachi/Desira Krauchic are both participating in the year-end finals for the first time in their careers. The Chilean-American pair will play in Adelaide and Strasbourg in 2021. Won two championships, when they faced Xie Shuwei/Alice Mertens for the first time, they quickly established a 3-0 lead. After that, the two sides held their own serve and the score came to 4-1. At the critical moment, Xie Shuwei/Alice Mertens scored consecutively at 40-40 and broke the serve of Desila-Krauchick. The score came to 3-4, again at 5-6, In the case of 30-40, it saved 2 consecutive end-of-game points, led the way in the tie-breaker 6-0 lead, 7-3 won the tie-breaker, and took 52 minutes to successfully win the fourth end-of-game point. Down.
“I want to thank Alice, when her partner makes mistakes in front of the bottom line and the net, she always stays there.” Xie Shuwei said, “I am very happy that my serve has been saved.”
After winning the first set, Xie Shuwei/Alice Mertens took the initiative in the second set. In the past few seasons, both of them have teamed up with different partners to achieve great doubles success—— Xie Shuwei has worked well with the retired Barbara Strikova, Alice Mertens and Alina Sabalenka. Currently teaming up with Mertens, Xie Shuwei’s combination in the second half of the 2021 season burst into shape, winning the Wimbledon Tennis Open and the Indian Wells Masters championship, and reaching the year-end finals in the first year of pairing.
This kind of trust and confidence was undoubtedly revealed in the second set. They scored 4 out of 5 decision points, took the lead to break serve 3-1, and won by one blow on the match point, which took 1 hour and 23 minutes to defeat. Overcoming the opponents, harvested a good start in the group stage.Return to Sohu to see more
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