Today is the 14th week of the Tour's 2022 season, and the biggest attraction of the week will of course be Madrid. In addition, the men's races of Estoril and Munich will also be held.
In a number of competitions that ended last week, a number of Chinese players reached the final, accumulating good results in the triple crown and two Asian championships, and we will review their wonderful performances together!
WTA500 Stuttgart Women's Doubles Final
Zhang Shuai/Gao Fu Runner-up
Renowned for its lucrative prize money, Stuttgart attracts a number of top players every year, with Zhang Shuai being the only one in the tournament, who lost to Russian player Alexandrova in the first round of the women's singles tournament.
In women's doubles, Zhang Shuai and American Player Gauff appeared as the number one seed combination, and the two players paired for the first time showed tacit understanding, and finally met with the No. 2 seed combination Ofchuls/Kravchik in the women's doubles final.
However, the two did not play well in the final, and in the end, Zhang Shuai's combination lost to the opponent with a score of 3-6 4-6 to win the runner-up, and the two accumulated 15 break points in the final, but only achieved one break.
Charlottesville 60K Women's Singles Final
Wang Xiyu Runner-up
This is Wang Xiyu's second consecutive green soil final, last week's Palm Harbor final she lost to Vorenets 4-6 3-6, and this week Wang Xiyu lost to Ziriko by the same score.
After scoring 48 runner-up points, the Chinese youngster, who did not win the championship, has reached 123rd place in the world rankings, and then she will rush to Spain to compete in the women's singles qualifiers in Madrid.
Monastir W25 Women's Singles Final
Zhu Lin Champion
Zhu Lin, who competed as the top seed, reached the final without accident, and faced the 15-year-old Canadian teenager Mboko, Zhu Lin once again staged an "editing drama". With the first set at 6-1, she was pulled back by her opponent 6-4 in the second set.
Fortunately, the decider was able to hold its ground and eventually beat the opponent 2-1 to win the second title of the season and raise the world ranking to the top 100.
Orange Garden M15 Champion Men's Singles Final
Wu Yiyu Champion
This was Wu Yihao's second tournament after his comeback, and the Chinese teenager finally defeated Michael Zheng 7-6 (4) 7-5 to win the championship and earn 15 valuable points.
M15 Monastir Men's Singles Final
Buyun Choctor Champion
Chinese teenager Buyunctor took part in the tournament with a wild card in his hand, and finally he played well to reach the final, and defeated Italian player Bellucci 6-4 6-2 to win the ITF men's singles championship for the first time in his career.
It is worth mentioning that in the Madrid tournament held this week, a number of Chinese players won wild cards issued by the organizers of the event, among which Zheng Qinwen got the wild card for the women's singles main match, and Shang Juncheng and Wang Xiyu got the men's and women's singles qualifying cards respectively.
Looking forward to the Chinese players continuing to bring wonderful performances this week! (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)