Zheng Qinwen swings the racket during the match/Visual China
On the evening of February 13, the Doha station of the WTA1000 Women’s Tennis Tour produced a focus match. In the second round of the women’s singles, the Chinese gold flower Zheng Qinwen fought hard in three sets and defeated the Polish player Rinyi 6-2, 2-6 and 6-3 Special, advanced to the top 16 of women’s singles. At the same time, he also ended his seven match losing streak against Polish players on the tour.
This competition attracted many experts to participate, led by world No. 1 Swiatek, Gauff, Rybakina, Zheng Qinwen, Vondrousova and other experts participated. This is Zheng Qinwen’s debut after finishing second in the Australian Open 2024. Last year Zheng Qinwen won his first 250 and 500 level championships. People are looking forward to see if he can win the level 1000 championship this year. At the same time, this is also Zheng Qinwen’s first appearance after winning the second place for women’s singles at the 2024 Australian Open. Zheng Qinwen played as the No. 5 seed, received a bye in the first round, and faced Linette in the second round.
Zheng Qinwen and Linette had a match at Miami Station in 2022. At that time, Zheng Qinwen lost to his opponent 0-2. Zheng Qinwen won the first set easily, and the whole match was so easy that it even made people feel that she was not trying her best.
Maybe it was because the first set was too easy. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen made more mistakes and was pulled back by Linette. In the third set, Zheng Qinwen, who had adjusted her form, did not let any upset happen. She firmly won the decisive set and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the women’s singles. In the next round, she will face Canadian player Fernandez. The only previous clash between Zheng Qinwen and Fernandez came in Monterrey in 2022, when the Canadian narrowly won with a draw in the final set.
Another Chinese gold flower, Wang Xinyu, takes on former one and two-time Grand Slam champion Azarenka. Wang Xinyu lost two consecutive sets and was eliminated with a total score of 0-2. In the first set, she lost 6-7(2) in the draw. In the second set, she was defeated 2-6. , missed out on progressing to the top 16 of the women’s singles.
In the first round of Doha Station, Wang Xinyu swept No. 10 seed Maya 2-0 with a total score of 2-0, losing only 4 games in two sets. Wang Xinyu won the first after four meetings between the two sides, and this is also the first time this year that she defeated the top 20 players in the world. She was in great shape.
Wang Xinyu faced Azarenka for the first time in the second round of Doha Station. Both sides fought fiercely in the first 12 games to a 6-6 draw. Wang Xinyu was defeated 2-7 in the draw, losing the draw. first set 6-7. In the second set, Wang Xinyu was stopped from the start, losing four consecutive games and trailing 0-4. Wang Xinyu then held up to 2-5, but Azarenka won the serve and won the match. Wang Xinyu lost another set 2- 6. In the end, she lost to Azarenka with a total score of 0-2 and was eliminated.
Despite being eliminated in the second round, Wang Xinyu showed strong baseline offensive ability in Doha, which was lacking in her previous matches. The Brazilian player defeated Maya in the first round, and her performance was stable throughout the tournament, which became a rare feat for her recently. But in the second round, when her first serve was unstable, her second serve was weak and vulnerable to attack by her opponent. Her serve was stable, which became her biggest problem that needed to be improved.
Zhu Lin also won easily against Russian player Gracheva in the first round, losing only two games and sweeping through.
Yangcheng Long Xi Evening News Reporter
Editor: Liu Jiawen
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