In the third round of the 2023 WTA Rome Masters, there is good news from the Chinese women's tennis that Wang Xiyu and Zheng Qinwen have advanced to the round of 16, and the two will play a derby in the 1/8 final, and the Chinese women's tennis has also locked a place in the top 8 in advance. Whether Zheng Qinwen wins or Wang Xiyu wins, both will have the support of Chinese fans.
As the Chinese women's tennis enters the replacement of new and old, Zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang and a group of veterans are gradually retreating to the second line, and many post-00s players have ushered in a strong rise, among which Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xiyu, Wang Xinyu are the more characteristic players of the younger generation, and this Rome Masters, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xiyu are surprising to everyone. Recently, Wang Xiyu has maintained a relatively stable state, reaching the round of 32 in the last Madrid Masters, reaching the third round of this tournament again, and reaching the round of 32 in two consecutive 1000 tournaments, Wang Xiyu has made another major breakthrough in his career. In the third round, Wang Xiyu's opponent Townsend, in the first set, Wang Xiyu still occupied the initiative on the court, except for the first game was broken, he kept the lead and easily won the first set 6-2, but in the second set, Wang Xiyu suddenly collapsed, was beaten by Townsend a wave of 6-0, the tiebreaker, Wang Xiyu broke out in 3-5 behind, won 4 consecutive games, ended the match 7-5, thus winning 2-1 on aggregate, and reached the last 16 of the Masters for the first time in his career, setting a new record.
At present, the first sister of the Chinese women's tennis Zheng Qinwen against the world No. 93 Hungarian player Bondar, from the perspective of the paper strength of the two alone, Zheng Qinwen still has the advantage, but Zheng Qinwen's state in the last round is relatively average, so there are still many fans worried about Zheng Qinwen before the game. After the start of the match, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in form, broke serve with a break, and won three consecutive sets to lead, but Bondar also played very tenaciously, chasing the game to a 6-6 draw, and then entered the tie-break, Zheng Qinwen performed strongly, winning the first set 7-2. In the second set, the two opened the mutual break mode, the first 8 games, the two each completed two breaks, the game was tied 4-4, the key 9th game, Zheng Qinwen completed the break again, and then in the 10th game, Zheng Qinwen attacked like a rainbow, and soon won another set 6-4, thus defeating his opponent 2-0 on aggregate and advancing to the round of 16. With this victory, Cheng's instant world ranking also rose to 18th, one step closer to his top 10 goal.
The last time a Chinese player reached the top 8 of the Rome Masters was Li Na and Zhang Shuai in 2014, and after 9 years, Chinese players appeared again in the top 8 of the Rome Masters, so whether Zheng Qinwen wins or Wang Xiyu wins, both will make new history. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or move.