Beijing News Sports | Reporter Li Yuanfei
In the early morning of May 14th, Beijing time, Chinese female tennis players Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xiyu defeated their respective opponents and successfully joined the WTA Women’s Singles quarter-finals in Rome. This is the third time for the 20-year-old Zheng Qinwen to reach the top 16 of the WTA 1000 women’s singles event, while the 22-year-old Wang Xiyu is the first time.
Zheng Qinwen’s opponent in the women’s singles was 32 and 16 against Hungarian player Bondar. In the second game of the first set, Zheng Qinwen scored 4 points and broke serve first after 0-30. But Bondar fought back in the ninth game of the set. After the game entered the tie-break, Zheng Qinwen successfully broke the opponent’s first three serve points, and finally won the tie-break 7-2, taking the lead 7-6(2). In the second set, the two sides launched a breakout battle. Zheng Qinwen broke serve in the first, fifth, seventh and ninth games respectively. Although Bondar broke back in the second, sixth and eighth innings, in the tenth inning, facing the 40-0 advantage that Zheng Qinwen quickly established, he was finally unable to recover and surrendered the whole game 4-6. . This victory enabled Zheng Qinwen to enter the women’s singles top 16 of a WTA 1000 event after last year’s Toronto station and this year’s Miami station.
In the third round of another women’s singles match that ended earlier, Wang Xiyu defeated American player Townsend 6-2, 0-6, 7-5 after saving a match point. Women’s singles round of 16. “This game was very tough, and the opponent was also a left-hander, who had a great serve and an excellent forehand. I learned a lot from her.” Wang Xiyu said after the game, “I did my best in this game, Every point counts. I went to the end and I’m happy to win.”
In the next eighth-finals, Wang Xiyu will face Zheng Qinwen in the “Chinese Derby”. “She (Zheng Qinwen) is great, and she is about to enter the top 20 in the world.” Wang Xiyu said, “I believe I can learn a lot from her. This is another challenge for me.”Return to Sohu to see more
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