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On the morning of January 1, 2024, Beijing time, in the first round of the women's singles at the WTA 250 Women's Tennis Tour Auckland, the No. 6 seed of the tournament, Wang Xinyu, the No. 6 seed of the tournament, defeated Kazakhstan's Putintseva in straight sets 6-4/7-5/after two hours of competition, ushering in a good start to the 2024 season.
The list of players participating in the 2024 WTA 250 Auckland station is led by the new US Open women's singles champion Gao Fu, and three Chinese golden flowers including Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu and Yuan Yue will play. Raducanu, Anisimova and Wozniacki will be on the wild cards.
China's Golden Flower Wang Xinyu is 25-21 in the 2023 season, with a winning rate of 54%. The US Open reached the round of 16 in women's singles, the round of 32 in women's singles at the French Open, the women's doubles champion at the French Open, and the 36th in the world ranking at the end of the 2023 WTA. Her opponent in this round is Kazakhstan's 2019 career tournament, when Wang Xinyu won 7-6(4), 6-7(1), 6-3.
In the first set, the two sides went into a break battle. Wang Xinyu took the lead in serving and scored two points in a row. Putintseva broke back at the speed of light in the third game, and the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw in the first four games. In the 5th game, Putintseva broke serve, and in the 8th game, Wang Xinyu took the lead and successfully broke back. 4-4。 In the 10th game, Putintseva had to hold serve, and Wang Xinyu broke successfully and won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Wang Xinyu continued to start. In the first 4 games, they held serve and were tied 2-2. In the 5th game, Wang Xinyu was broken, and in the 8th game, Putintseva broke back, 4-4. In the 9th and 10th games, each broke serve, 5-5. In the 11th game, Wang Xinyu successfully held her serve, 6-5. In the 12th game, Putintseva had to hold serve, and Wang Xinyu broke successfully and won 7-5.
In the next round, there will be a Chinese derby, and Wang Xinyu will face Wang Xiyu. Wang Xiyu started the 2024 season with a two-hour battle over Romania's Jacqueline Christian 2-1 in three sets 6-1/5-7/7-6(3).
Congratulations to China Jinhua! Continue to make persistent efforts and strive for good results!