A few days ago, the 2022 WTA Miami women's doubles semifinals competition ended, China's Jinhua Yang Zhaoxuan and partner Alexander Lova combined defeated the US Open champions Zvonareva and Sigmund, regrettably missing the final. In this game, Yang Zhaoxuan and Alexander Lova originally had a chance to win, but the two buried a good game due to their own mistakes in the decider, and Yang Zhaoxuan painfully lost the opportunity to win the championship back-to-back. After the game, Yang Zhaoxuan said in an interview that he was very depressed after losing the game, although his partner Alexanderlova has been comforting himself, but it will take a while to get out of the shadow of this game loss.
This time in Miami, Yang Zhaoxuan and Alexander Lova paired for the first time, and they showed good strength. Before the game, domestic fans pinned their hopes on the Australian Open women's doubles champions Zhang Shuai and Stosur, and it is difficult to predict what kind of results Yang Zhaoxuan and Xu Yifan can achieve due to their respective teams. But after the game started, the combination of Yang Zhaoxuan and partner Alexander Lova seemed to be more eye-catching. In particular, in a crucial derby, the two played at their best, beating the Grand Slam champion duo of Zhang Shuai and Stosur.
In the previous quarter-finals, Yang Zhaoxuan and his partner Alexandrova defeated the winning favourites Philip Kens and Mirza in two straight sets to advance to the semifinals. In the semi-finals, China's Yang Zhaoxuan and partner Alexandrova were in hot form and took the lead in the first set. Just when all the fans thought they would make history, Yang Zhaoxuan and his partner Alexandrova collapsed in the second set and were firmly suppressed by their opponents. What is even more regrettable is that in the battle to grab ten, the two self-destructed a good game with 5 match points.
In the end, he bizarrely lost six points in a row to US Open champions Zvonareva and Sigmund, who will compete with Mertens and Kudmetova for the title of this competition. With the loss of this game, Yang Zhaoxuan's record of 8 consecutive doubles wins came to an end. In the Indian Wells competition, Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan played the role of dark horses, and the two won the first championship trophy of the new season of the 1000 class for the Chinese tennis women's doubles. But in the move to Miami, the two played separately with foreign players. In the end, Yang Zhaoxuan and his partner Alexandrova won the women's doubles semifinals.
At present, the Chinese tennis women's doubles is difficult to have a second pair of Zheng Jie and Yan Zi, and it is impossible to reach the level of relying on personal strength like Li Na. The last time The Chinese women's doubles won a Grand Slam title was zhang Shuai and Stosur in the form of a cross-border combination, reaching the top grand slam podium. In this regard, fans have also said that Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan need to be fixed and matched, and through several seasons of running-in, I believe that in the near future, the two will definitely win the Grand Slam championship.
(Luo Treasurer)