In the early morning of March 6, Beijing time, Chinese tennis once again brought 2 good news. Zhang Shuai defeated Garcia 2-0 in the women's singles semifinals of the WTA250 Lyon stage to advance to the final. In the WTA250 Monterrey competition, Han Xinyun / Xizikova partnered in the women's doubles and successfully advanced to the women's doubles final.
Zhang Shuai 2-0 Garcia
Zhang Shuai was born in 1989, 33 years old this year, and was once known as Inspirational Sister. This year's Zhang Shuai, playing ball more enjoyed, less of the previous pressure and the sense of mission carried. At the beginning of the year, the Australian Open entered the women's singles round of 32 and regained its status.
In this competition, Zhang Shuai played well, and 2 2-0 made her strong promotion to the women's singles semifinals. In the semi-finals, Zhang Shuai's opponent was the host Garcia. Garcia was equally good at this tournament, knocking out the top seed in the first round and the No. 7 seed in the last round, which was also very strong.
After the game began, Zhang Shuai entered the state faster, she completely suppressed her opponents in the serve and attack, and quickly won the first set 6-2. In the second set, Garcia's form recovered, and the two played very well, and the score came to 5-5. At the critical moment, Zhang Shuai played more actively, took the initiative to change the line well, and the score was fixed at 7-5 in the next 2 consecutive sets, and the big score was 2-0.
Zhang Shuai advanced to the women's singles final of the Lyon Race, which is also her fifth WTA women's singles final. In the first four finals, Zhang Shuai won 2 wins and 2 losses, winning 2 championships. The two winners were Guangzhou in 2013 and 2017, and the two runners-up were Hobart 2020 and Nottingham 2021. This is also the third consecutive year that Zhang Shuai has reached the WTA final, and will also impact the third personal women's singles crown. Her opponent in the final was Ukraine's Yastremska, hoping she would pick up the cup.
Han Xinyun / Sizikova 2-0 Pete / K. Bondalenko
In the WTA250 Monterrey Women's Doubles Semifinals, Han Xinyun/Sidzikova performed well, defeating Pitt/K. Bondarenko 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the final. In the final, their opponents were Harrison/Santa Maria. I hope that Han Xinyun's combination of Chong Guan will be successful!
In 2 stops a day, 2 players advance to the final, women's tennis is still trustworthy, I hope they can all succeed in winning the championship.