On April 10, Beijing time, the 2024 Billy Jean King Cup Asian University Group began the third round of competition. The Chinese team faced the New Zealand team in this round, and the Chinese team won two consecutive singles games 2-0 victories in a row, locking the victory and winning three consecutive victories.
The Chinese team played
The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Asian University Group consists of six teams: China, Chinese Taipei, India, South Korea, New Zealand and Pacific Oceania. The tournament will be played in a single round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the Billie Jean King Cup World Group Play-offs. Due to the qualification for the Paris Olympics, China sent Zheng Qinwen, Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, and Guo Hanyu five golden flowers, which are also the strongest contestants in the past years.
Zheng Qinwen rested
In the first two rounds, the Chinese team defeated the Chinese Taipei team 2-1 in the first round and the Indian team 3-0 in the second round. New Zealand lost 3-0 to South Korea in the first round and won 3-0 in the second round against the Pacific Oceania region. After the first two rounds, the Chinese team won two consecutive victories and fell below the South Korean team due to the disadvantage of the victory, ranking second.
In this round of the showdown with the New Zealand team, Zheng Qinwen, the first sister who has repeatedly given eggs in the first two rounds, chose to rest. Zhu Lin and Wang Xiyu, who did not play in singles before, served as the first and second singles respectively, and Wang Xinyu, who previously served as the first singles, partnered Guo Hanyu in the doubles event.
Veteran Zhu Lin
The first match was played by veteran Zhu Lin against world No. 962 Ivanova. The difference in strength was too obvious, and Zhu Lin swept the opponent 6-0 and 6-1 to make a good start for the Chinese team.
Wang Xiyu
The second match was played by Wang Xiyu against Sun Lulu in 169. The game was relatively stalemate, Sun Lulu took the lead in the first set, and Wang Xiyu seized the opportunity to break serve first in the third game and took a 3-1 lead. However, Sun Lulu completed the break back in the 8th game, 4-4. In the crucial 9th game, Wang Xiyu broke serve again, 5-4. In the 10th game, Wang Xiyu won the set on serve, and faced two break points, he finally successfully held serve and won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Wang Xiyu became more and more courageous, and directly sealed the opponent 6-0. Help the Chinese team win 2-0. The Chinese team won three consecutive victories.
The third match is the women's doubles match of Wang Xinyu/Guo Hanyu, against the New Zealand Lutliff/Sun Lulu combination, hoping that China's Jinhua will win the opponent to add icing on the cake. Come on!