The 2022 WTA250 Lyon Open continues after the women's singles final four were all born against Zhang Shuai vs Garcia and Jastremska vs Costia. It is worth noting that this is Zhang Shuai's first Tour singles final four after last year's Palermo station, and the first hard court final four after Hobart in 2020.
In the semi-finals of this station, the most concerned is naturally the competition of China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai. The two sides have won each of the previous two meetings, and who can have the last laugh today? In the semi-finals, Zhang Shuai successfully broke in Garcia's first set of matches, and then took a 3-1 lead after defusing three break points in the 2nd and 4th sets to save serves. In the 7th set, Zhang Shuai broke again, and in the following set of his own serve to win the game with Love Game, he won the first set easily 6-2.
In the second set, the two sides competed fiercely, Zhang Shuai held the ball against the trend in the 2nd set, and also broke Garcia's serve with Love Game. In the 8th set, Zhang Shuai withstood the pressure to complete the hold and also stopped the decline of three consecutive sets, and completed the key break in the 11th set, with his own serve to win the game in the 12th set, Zhang Shuai went down 7-5, defeating the opponent 2-0 to advance to the final of the station.
It is worth noting that this is Zhang Shuai's second WTA singles final after last year's Nottingham station, which is also the fifth tour final of her career. China Jinhua maintains a record of not losing a set this week, and will launch an impact on the personal third crown, looking forward to it!
After reaching the fifth final of her career at WTA250 Lyon, Zhang Shuai seemed very happy, saying in an interview with Chinese after the game: "I am very happy to reach the final again, and this is a game in the French interior. Very happy to have a very good play today, actually (this week) every day to play very well, day by day and a little bit of progress, today to see myself able to reach the final, very, very happy, I will continue to work hard. ”
In another semi-final, Jastrebska, who played with a wild card, defeated No. 2 seed Costia 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 to reach the Tour final for the fifth time! Next, she will compete for the championship with China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai.
In addition, in the semifinals of the women's doubles of Lyon, the former world second singles and two-time Grand Slam singles runner-up, 37-year-old Zvonareva and Sigmund, defeated Niculescu/Panova 4-6, 7-5/(12-10) to reach the women's doubles final! This is also Zvonareva's second time in the women's doubles final after the 2020 US Open, when she also partnered with Sigmund and eventually won the title, and the opponent in the final between the two will be the British duo Barnett/Niguls. Zvonareva will strike for her 11th career doubles title.