On March 15, Beijing time, the WTA Crown Tournament Indian Wells decided to reach the quarter-finals of singles and doubles. China Jinhua's best record in the women's singles arena was zheng Qinwen entering the second round, but in the women's doubles match, Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan's name appeared in the top 8 list.
Let's take a look at the IW women's doubles quarterfinals. Top half: Begu/Niculescu vs Dabloski/Walos (5), Gauff/McNali (3) vs Mohammed/Shibahara Yingcai (7); Bottom Half: Doleheide/Sanders (8) vs Yipan Xu/Yang Zhaoxuan, Bauzkova/Hradeka vs Koone/Fernandez.
Focus on the lower half of the China Golden Flower. Xu Yang's opponent in the quarterfinals is the No. 8 seed Doleheid/Sanders, and Chinese fans will not be unfamiliar with the duo, and on the way to the US Open last year, Zhang Shuai and Stosur swept the opponent 2-0 in the quarterfinals. This time, Xu Yang's combination will fight against the opponent, and the hope of winning is also not small.
Dolehead and China Jinhua have played each other in a total of 8 doubles matches, with 5 wins and 3 losses. Xu Yipan lost to his opponent twice, once with zhang Shuai and once with Merrichal, but Yang Zhaoxuan was 1 win and 1 loss, and the one he lost was still in the decider.
Sanders has played as many as 28 games against Chinese players, with a total record of 12 wins and 16 losses. She has played with Xu Yipan 4 times, 1 win and 3 losses; she has played Yang Zhaoxuan 3 times, 1 win and 2 losses; and she has played with Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan once and won the ball, which was in the 1/8 final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, but her partner is Barty, who is super strong in singles and doubles.
Combined with past records, we can see that Dolehead/Sanders have a certain degree of competitiveness, but they are not a first-class combination in the women's doubles. Xu Yang's combination is more tacit, and this season has gradually come out of the downturn, the state has recovered, and the probability of winning is higher.
If Dolehead/Sanders is won, the xu Yang pair's semi-final opponent will be The outstanding singles-capable Koone/Fernandez. Veteran Corner reached the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam women's singles for the first time at this year's Australian Open, while Fernandez finished second in women's singles at last year's US Open.
The duo had a 10-odd win in the first two rounds of this IW: in the first round, in the case of a 1-6 defeat in the first set, they defeated the No. 2 seed Zhang Shuai/Stosur through the final 7 and the final grab 10 in the second round, and defeated Sigmund/Zvonareva in the second round with a score of 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (2).
On the ability to singles, China Jinhua naturally cannot match the opponent, but when it comes to the doubles field, we must have self-confidence, after all, the opponent's entry into the top 8 is an upset nature. If the Xu Yang combination, which has won the runner-up of the Grand Slam and cooperated with tacit understanding, can find the shortcomings in the other party's cooperation in time and hit it hard, the hope of winning is naturally greater.
——Pay attention to the small fish and feel the temperature of sports!