On April 17, Beijing time, the last group game of the 2022 Billy Jane Golden Cup Asian University group ended the competition, and in the end, the Chinese team led by Wang Qiang lost to the Japanese team in three sets, regrettably missing the first place in the group, and the Japanese team won the first place in the group. According to the rules of the competition, both the Chinese team and the Japanese team have successfully qualified for the World Group play-offs, and the competition will be played from November 11 to 12 this year. From the overall strength point of view, the Chinese team did not send the strongest lineup to participate, so the coaching team was somewhat inadequate in the platooning of the team competition. Later, in the world group play-off competition, considering the improvement of the opponent's strength, Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen and others may join the team.
Billy Jane's Gold Cup is one of the few team tournaments in the world women's tennis world, which can show the comprehensive development level of tennis in various countries. Unlike the four Grand Slam tournaments, the team competition is more testing of the tacit understanding of the players on the field and the coach's guidance and deployment outside the field. This season, the overall record of China Jinhua has improved significantly. At the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, all 5 players who scored in the main tournament passed the first round. Subsequently, Zhang Shuai won the women's singles championship at Lyon, while the women's doubles combination Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan won the championship at Indian Wells Station, which caused a sensation in the entire domestic tennis world for a time.
Therefore, if the Chinese team sends the strongest lineup to participate in the Billy Jane Gold Cup, it has the strength to compete with the world's strongest teams. In the asian group competition, the Chinese team's lineup is Wang Qiang, Xu Yipan, Yang Zhaoxuan, Yuan Yue, Zhu Lin and other players. In the previous four games, several Golden Flowers performed well and successfully won the opponent. In the last round, the Japanese team, which also won four consecutive victories, met narrowly, and the Chinese team failed to seize the opportunity and missed the top spot in the group. Against Japan, the Chinese team played in both singles and doubles events with young players.
In the singles match, the leader Wang Qiang truceed, and the young player Yuan Yue served as a single, facing the Japanese team's young player Yuki Naito, the two played inextricably. In the end, after two sets of seven major battles, Yuan Yue won the opponent with difficulty and won the opening red for the Chinese team. Zhu Lin, who appeared later, due to poor hand feeling, after losing the first set to grab seven, the second set was completely empty, and finally lost two consecutive sets to the Japanese team's Uchishima Mosa. In the key women's doubles, the Chinese team sent indian wells champions Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan to play, while the Japanese team was Shuko Aoyama and Shibahara Eicho.
Before the game, everyone generally thought that this was a game without suspense, the overall strength of the Chinese team Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan was dominant, and the recent state was good, and the Japanese team could not pose a threat. But the final result was a big surprise, Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan unexpectedly lost two sets in a row, and gave the fruits of the victory of the game to others. In the end, the Chinese team lost to the Japanese team and advanced to the World Group Play-off with the second place in the group. Many fans lamented, "Shouldn't lose to Japan"!
(Luo Treasurer)