In the early morning of April 17, Beijing time, the final round of the competition of the sub-regional group of the Federation Cup began to compete, and the two teams that had remained unbeaten before, The Chinese team and the Japanese team, met. After three fierce matches, the Chinese team lost 1-2 to the opponent and suffered the first defeat of this Federation Cup, but the two teams still worked together to advance to the World Group play-offs.
7-6(3)/7-6(5)Yuki Naito
Yuan Yue was broken in the 4th set to give the opponent a 3-1 lead. In the 9th set, Yuan Yue broke the opponent's serve to win the set, and then saved the serve to chase 5-5. After that, the two of them kept their own hair, and the first set entered the grab seven. Yuan Yue was even better at stealing seven sets, winning the first set 7-3 to grab seven.
Yuan Yue started the second set with two breaks and trailed his opponent 0-3. In the 4th and 8th innings, Yuan Yue broke the opponent's serve, and the first 12 innings of the second set were 6-6 again to grab the seventh. Yuan Yue won 7-5 in seven sets.
Zhu Lin 6-7(5)/1-6 Inner Island Mengxia
Zhu Lin started the first set with a 3-1, 4-2 lead, but the opponent broke consecutively at key moments to bring the score into the seventh 6-6. Stealing seven innings, Moe natsu Ichigo won 7-5.
In the second set, after 1-1, Zhu Lin lost five consecutive sets and sent out the second set 1-6.
Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan 4-6/ 3-6 Shibahara Yingcai / Aoyama Shuko
In the 7th set of the first set, Xu Yipan/Yang Zhaoxuan was broken, and then the two quickly broke back in the 8th set. The Japanese duo broke again in the 9th set, and in the 10th set the opponent saved the first set 6-4.
In the second set, the Japanese combination took the lead and took a 2-0 lead. In the 4th set, Xu Yipan/ Yang Zhaoxuan broke back to chase 2-2. In the 7th set, Eisai Shibahara / Shuko Aoyama broke again, and the two then kept their serves to take a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Eisai Shibahara / Shuko Aoyama broke again to win the second set 6-3.
In the end, after three fierce matches, the Chinese team lost 1-2 to the Japanese team and suffered the first defeat in the Confederations Cup. At this point, the group stage matches are all over, Japan ranks first in the group with 5 wins, China ranks second in the group with 4 wins and 1 loss, and the two teams work together to advance to the World Group Play-offs in November.