A few days ago, the 2022 season WTA1000 Indian Wells Race women's singles qualifier came to the good news, the Chinese team's famous Wang Qiang defeated the No. 5 seed Karinskaya in two straight sets, and entered the main stage of the event for the fourth time in his career. Earlier, another Chinese Jinhua Zhang Shuai reversed the victory over Ukraine's Yastremska in the women's singles final of Lyon, and won the singles championship again after a gap of four and a half years, which made the entire Chinese women's tennis scene excited. It is worth mentioning that after winning the championship, Wang Qiang, Wang Xinyu, Zheng Saisai and others also specially congratulated Zhang Shuai.
In terms of world rankings, Zhang Shuai has reached 41st place and qualified for the Indian Wells Race in advance. As one of the two major stars of the Chinese women's tennis team, Wang Qiang needs to compete for a place in the tournament through the qualification tournament. Perhaps stimulated by his friend Zhang Shuai's victory, Wang Qiang, who has been in the doldrums for a long time, showed a fiery feel in the qualifiers and had a super desire to win. Coming to the final round of the qualification round, facing the strong Karinskaya, Wang Qiang entered the competition state quickly.
In the first set, although Wang Qiang was stubbornly tied by his opponent after winning three consecutive sets to take the lead, he finally succeeded in winning the first set. In the second set, Wang Qiang did not reduce the offensive firepower on the field, took the lead in breaking, and in the tenth set of his own serve to win the game, Wang Qiang did not give up resistance in the case of falling behind, but defused two break points in a row, and successfully reversed Kalinskaya to win the final victory. After entering the Indian Wells Race, Wang Qiang looked extremely excited in an interview.
She said that the game herself gained a lot, not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of spirit. For the subsequent competition, it has a good reference significance. In the 2022 Season of the Australian Open Women's Singles, Wang Qiang performed well, and she and Zhang Shuai defended the glory of Chinese women's tennis together. Although neither of them made it to the quarterfinals, they were higher than last season's French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. In the upcoming Indian Wells game, Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang once again joined hands, and the two were also pinned high hopes on by fans. Judging from the women's singles signing table of this competition, Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai may meet in advance in the first round, but the probability is relatively low.
For Wang Qiang, this is the fourth time she has won the women's singles championship at Indian Wells, after she advanced to the main tournament in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. Zhang Shuai, who just won the championship in Lyon, is currently in good shape, and after breaking the championship drought, Zhang Shuai also said that he is looking forward to winning more championships in more competitions. This time Indian Wells, perhaps Zhang Shuai can once again bring surprises to Chinese fans! These two leaders of the Chinese women's network, who can go further in the Indian Wells Race?
(Luo Treasurer)