On April 13, Beijing time, the 2024 Billy Jean King Cup Asian University Group ushered in the final round of competition in a single round-robin. The Chinese team, which had won all four matches in advance, ushered in the last opponent, the South Korean team, and the Chinese team relied on the excellent performance of Zhu Lin's singles and doubles Wang Xinyu/Guo Hanyu to defeat the South Korean team with a big score of 2-1. In this way, the Chinese team won all five games and locked the first place in the Asian University group.
Zheng Qinwen
Before the final round of matches, the promotion situation of the Billie Jean King Cup Asian University Group was that the Chinese team lost only one doubles in four consecutive wins and advanced to the World Group play-offs. Chinese Taipei and Pacific United lost four in a row, and failed to protect the group and fell into the second group of the Asian University in advance. Now that the competition for a second play-off spot is concentrated on South Korea and India, New Zealand has no chance. China 11-1, India 7-5, South Korea 10-2 (South Korea lost 1-2 to India), New Zealand 5-7, Taipei 3-9, Pacific Oceania 0-12.
Zhu Lin
The final round is China vs South Korea and India vs New Zealand. If China wins South Korea, India wins New Zealand, India will qualify, if China wins South Korea, New Zealand will win India, South Korea will qualify, and if China loses South Korea, India will not be able to recover, and South Korea will qualify.
The Chinese team sent one singles Zhu Lin, two singles Wang Xiyu, and doubles Wang Xinyu/Guo Hanyu today. The first sister Zheng Qinwen did not play, and should have gone to Stuttgart to compete.
Wang Xinyu
In the first match, Zhu Lin faced Kim Dabin, who was ranked 682nd in South Korea. In the first set, Zhu Lin held her serve and relied on two strong breaks to win 6-2. In the second set, Zhu Lin was the first to break in the first service game, but then Zhu Lin quickly broke back. broke again in the 8th game, and Zhu Lin won another set 6-3. Straight sets to get off to a good start.
Wang Xiyu
In the second match, Wang Xiyu played against Park So-hyun, ranked 301st in South Korea. In the first set, Wang Xiyu played quite difficult. The two sides also entered a break battle, Wang Xiyu broke serve 3 times, and the opponent also broke serve 2 times, and finally Wang Xiyu won the first set 6-4. In the second set, Wang Xiyu fell behind 2-3, Park so-hyun's serve game, and chose to retire due to physical discomfort, and the Chinese team and the South Korean team played a 1-1 draw.
In the third match, Wang Xinyu/Guo Hanyu played against South Korea's Kim Dabin/Park So-hyun, and the Jinhua pair sent a pair of eggs to clean up the opponent 6-0, 6-0. The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 2-1.
Guo Hanyu
In another match related to the promotion of the rankings, India lost 1-2 to New Zealand. Since then, although the South Korean team lost to the Chinese team, it has 3 wins and 2 losses with the Indian team, and South Korea has the advantage of winning and losing the game and has been promoted. In this way, the dust has settled in the Asian University Group of this year's Billy Jean King Cup, with China and South Korea ranking in the top two and advancing to the World Group play-offs. India and New Zealand ranked third and fourth, respectively, and continued to rank in the first group of Asian universities. Chinese Taipei and Pacific United ranked fifth and sixth respectively, and failed to protect the group and fell into the second group of the Asian University.
Congratulations, Chinese team! I also praise Zheng Qinwen, Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, and Guo Hanyu for winning glory for the country this time!