On April 9, the Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Pacific Group 1 started, in the derby between the Chinese team and Chinese Taipei, Wang Xinyu fell behind 3-5 in the first set, and finally won four games in a row to defeat Chinese Taipei's Glenn Joanna 7-5, 7-6, making a good start for the Chinese team.
The first match between China and Chinese Taipei, two women's singles and one women's doubles. In the first Women's Singles match, Wang Xinyu vs Glenn Joanna, in the second Women's Singles match, Zheng Qinwen vs Yang Yayi, and in the Women's Doubles match, Zhu Lin/Guo Hanyu vs Zhan Haoqing/Liang Enshuo.
In the first match, Wang Xinyu vs Glenn Joanna. Wang Xinyu is the women's doubles champion and women's singles semi-finalist at the 2023 French Open, and is currently ranked 43rd in the world. This match is a clay court, which is the venue that Wang Xinyu is good at. Glenn Joanna's world ranking is outside the top 300, and her strength is quite different from Wang Xinyu, so there should be no suspense in the game.
In the first set, Wang Xinyu was relatively slow to heat up, and was broken early in the fourth game, and the score came to 1-3. In the fifth game, Wang Xinyu missed 5 break points in a 10-0 situation, and the score came to 1-4. Wang Xinyu adjusted her state in time, and the score came to 3-5 after successfully holding serve. Wang Xinyu broke serve twice in a row, won four games in a row, and won the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Wang Xinyu stabilized her state and took the lead to complete the break to 5-3. In the 9th game, Wang Xinyu's serve won the game, Wang Xinyu's state fluctuated, and the opponent broke the guarantee, and the score came to 5-5. In the 11th game, Wang Xinyu missed the break point again, and the score came to 5-6. After Wang Xinyu successfully held her serve, the two sides entered the tiebreaker. In the tie-break game, Wang Xinyu won 4 points in a row after falling behind 3-4, won the tie-break 7-4, and won 2-0 with a big score, making a good start for the Chinese team.
After winning the first game, the Chinese team led Chinese Taipei 1-0. Zheng Qinwen will play next, and as long as she wins the game, the Chinese team will seal the first victory in advance.