Beijing time on March 18 news, WTA1000 Indian Wells station, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan swept the Cornett / Fernandez combination 2-0 to reach the final, will impact the first crown since the partner, for our Chinese tennis, this is a great news!
Faced with the transnational combination of Frenchman Cornett and Canadian Fernandez, China's Jinhua Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan took the lead in entering the state, breaking the opponent's initiation round many times, although it also wasted many times of the lead, but in the end, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan still seized the opportunity to take a 7-5 lead, leading 1-0. In the second set, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan played much more steadily, firmly controlled the situation, 6-1 next city, a big score of 2-0 clean sheet opponents, to win the women's doubles semifinals.
This is the second time that Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan have joined forces to reach the final of the Tour since last year's Dubai station, and they have also set a new record in the history of Indian Wells. Personally, Yang Zhaoxuan and Xu Yipan are both doubles masters, Yang Zhaoxuan has won 4 doubles titles, and Xu Yipan has won doubles championships 10 times. In the top competition of the WTA1000 class, Xu Yipan has entered the final 5 times and won the championship once, and Yang Zhaoxuan has reached the final twice.
Two days later, in the early morning of March 20th, in the women's doubles final at Indian Wells, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan vs Muhammad / Chai Yuan Yingcai, we sat waiting for the moment when Chinese tennis was crowned champion and cheered for Chinese tennis!