Record-breaking! Zheng Qinwen defeated Zhu Lin 2-1 to enter the small year-end finals for the first time and entered the top 15 in the world for the first time
On October 28, Beijing time, in the semifinals of the 2023 WTA Zhuhai Super Classic (Small Year-end Tournament), the two Chinese golden flowers Zheng Qinwen and Zhu Lin started a derby duel. The two sides fought in all three sets, and finally Zheng Qinwen defeated Zhu Lin 2-1, and this year's double defeat of Zhu Lin (defeated Zhu Lin in the Asian Games final to win the championship) advanced to the final of the junior year for the first time, and will face Brazil's first sister Maya in the women's singles final to compete for the title.
First, Zheng Qinwen reached the women's singles final of the WTA Zhuhai Super Classic for the first time in her career and advanced to the final of the highest-level event of her career.
Second, Zheng Qinwen became the second player in the history of China's Golden Flower to advance to the women's singles final of the WTA Zhuhai Super Classic, the previous being Wang Qiang, who won the runner-up in 2018.
Third, Zheng Qinwen advanced to the finals and rose to No. 15 in the world immediately, entering the top 15 in the world for the first time in his career.
Fourth, Zheng Qinwen reached the third tour final of this year and won the third crown.
The WTA Zhuhai Super Classic has restarted after four years, and this year there are two Chinese Jinhua participating in the singles event, namely Zheng Qinwen and Zhu Lin, of which Zhu Lin participated with a wild card. Zheng Qinwen won 2-0 in the group stage and advanced to the semifinals with the first place in the group, while Zhu Lin won 1-1 in the group stage and rose to the top of the group to advance to the semifinals with the highest winning rate.
Reaching the semi-finals of the WTA Zhuhai Super Classic, the two Chinese goldenrods faced off in a derby duel that they had only met once on tour, with Zhu Lin comfortably beating the then 16-year-old Zheng Qinwen 6-0 and 6-1 in 2018. However, Zheng Qinwen has now grown into China's first sister, and the two have previously faced each other in the final of the Hangzhou Asian Games (not counting the clash on the tour), Zheng Qinwen swept Zhu Lin 6-2 and 6-4 to win gold. Zheng Qinwen is currently ranked 18th in the world and Zhu Lin is ranked 37th in the world.
In the first set of this game, Zheng Qinwen was broken as soon as he came up, Zhu Lin won two games in a row, and then in the next four games, both sides held their serves, and Zheng Qinwen fell behind Zhu Lin 2-4 in the first six games. Zheng Qinwen then broke the tie to a 4-4 draw, of which the 7th game was a repeated tug-of-war before it was difficult to hold serve. Zhu Lin broke serve again in the 9th game, Zheng Qinwen saved two set points, thrillingly broke Zhu Lin's serve to win the set, and at the end of the set, Zheng Qinwen continued to break and win two more games, thus winning the first set 7-5.
Entering the second set of the game, the two sides each held serve in the first two games, Zhu Lin then broke the belt to win two games in a row, and Zheng Qinwen fell behind 1-3 in the first four games. Zheng Qinwen quickly won two games in a row, and the first six games were tied 3-3, Zhu Lin won two more games in a row, and Zheng Qinwen fell behind 3-5 in the first eight games. Zheng Qinwen held serve in the 9th game, and Zhu Lin then won the service game, and Zheng Qinwen was pulled back to a set 4-6. The two sides entered the third set of the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen crushed 6-1 to win another set, and finally defeated Zhu Lin 2-1 on aggregate to advance to the final.
In the other Women's Singles semi-final, Brazilian sister Maya beat Kasatkina 6-4, 6-1 to advance to both the Women's Singles and Women's Doubles.
WTA Zhuhai Super Classic Women's Singles Final Matchups:
Maya VS Zheng Qinwen
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)