In the early morning of April 25, Beijing time, the ITF event W60 Charlottesville station began to compete for the women's singles final. No. 3 seed Wang Xiyu faced The American player Ziriko, who had just beaten 2-0 easily the previous week, issued a staggering 12 double errors, and finally lost 4-6, 3-6, and finished runner-up for two consecutive weeks, but had no chance to break the three-year championship drought.
Zirico is only 279th in the world rankings, and in last week's Palm Harbor semi-finals, Wang Xiyu easily defeated his opponents 6-3, 6-2. Therefore, the pre-match odds are very optimistic about Wang Xiyu's victory, her odds for winning the championship are 1 to 1.3, and the opponent's winning odds are 1 to 3.4. However, the game process was shocking, Wang Xiyu seemed to have a final syndrome, and she couldn't find the rhythm of the game at all.
In the first set, Wang Xiyu fell behind 0-40 as soon as he came up, sent 3 break points, and after recovering 1 point, he was broken. After mutual protection to 2-4, Wang Xiyu had trouble in the seventh set, and in the case of a 40-0 lead, he was actually broken, 2-5. Although he broke the opponent's first serve to win the set with all his strength and saved the success, Wang Xiyu failed to make another move in the opponent's second serve win, folding 4-6 first.
In the second set, 1-1, Wang Xiyu lost four consecutive points in the third set and was broken, at this time the game was already very difficult. The ensuing drama was the same as the first set, after the two sides protected each other to 2-4, Wang Xiyu was broken in the seventh set, facing a desperate situation of 2-5. Wang Xiyu struggled to break the opponent's serve to win the game, but failed to save his own unavoidable serve, and finally lost another set 3-6 and lost to the opponent 0-2.
In the whole game, Wang Xiyu's hand feel is very tight, and in terms of serving that he is good at, only one Ace has sent 12 double errors. Such a serve was clearly not enough, resulting in 5 breaks by opponents. What disappointed the fans even more was that although they only watched the game through the video screen, they could clearly feel the tension and panic that Wang Xiyu had nowhere to put it.
Seeing this scene, there are fans who leave a message, this is only the final of the W60 level, if it is a Grand Slam final, you must not directly faint? One of the things that replied to the fan's voice was that such a psychological quality could reach the Grand Slam final, and the second round would be tense. Although such ridicule is not very polite, it also shows that Wang Xiyu really needs to strengthen the construction of psychological quality.
Among the three powerful rookies of "two kings and one Zheng" that have emerged in Chinese tennis in the past two years, Wang Xiyu's physical fitness is the best, and he is also the first to achieve some results. But two years later, Zheng Qinwen is already at the door of the TOP70, Wang Xinyu has also gained a foothold in the top 100, and only Wang Xiyu is still wandering outside the door of the TOP100. The reason for this is precisely Wang Xiyu's weak psychology.
In the two weeks of ITF matches, she reached the final, and there was a performance similar to the reversal of german veteran Maria, which made people think that her heart was destroyed. But the process of the final in Charlottesville rejected the above speculation, Wang Xiyu is still the same Wang Xiyu, and in the homework she has to do, the psychological construction is still impressive.
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