Wang Xiyu, who is good at clay, struggled to get a good start to the clay season. In the duel with Bogdan, Wang Xiyu made up a top-level script, leading 5-1 in the first set and being reversed by the opponent in the tie-break, and the 2-0 lead in the second set was also reversed by the opponent, but she saved the match point and turned the game by ty-breaking, and finally reversed the opponent in a fierce battle of more than 3 hours and a three-set battle to advance to the next round.
The first round of the Marid 1000 Women's Singles will be contested by China's King Xiyu of the Golden Flower and the Romanian player Bogdan. The current world ranking, Wang Xiyu 52, opponent 64. The two sides have played each other twice in the past, and Wang Xiyu has won 2 consecutive victories, but every time he wins, there is such a story. In the first round of Valencia in 2022, Wang Xiyu was chased to 5-5 by her opponent after leading 5-1 in the second set, and finally won 6-1, 7-5. Then in the second round of Budapest, Wang Xiyu wasted 3 match points and saved 3 set points, and finally won the thrilling victory through a double tie in 2 hours and 45 minutes. This time to fight Bogdan again, Wang Xiyu is really used to writing screenplays.
In the first set, Wang Xiyu entered the state very quickly, breaking a 2-0 lead in the opening game, and after breaking again in the 6th game, he led by a score of 5-1. But in the 10th game after that, after 13 ties, Wang Xiyu missed 2 wins, and was broken back by the opponent, and the battle was 5-5. The two went into a tie-break 6-6. In the tie-break battle, Wang Xiyu lost 5 points in a row after 5-2 and lost 5-7.
In the second set, Wang Xiyu broke 2-0 in the opening game, and was broken by the opponent in the 6th game. In the 10th game, she saved the match point, and the score came to 5-5. In the second tie-break of the game, Wang Xiyu learned a lesson and scored 3 points in a row after 4-4 to equalize the score 7-4.
In the deciding set, Wang Xiyu felt hot, opened 4 games in a row, and finally won 6-2, and finally won the game after 3 hours and 21 minutes of hard fighting, and advanced to the next round.
In this battle, Wang Xiyu had 4 aces, 2 double faults, a first-serve scoring rate of 75%, a first-serve scoring rate of 64%, and 6 of 15 break points. With this victory, she got off to a flying start to the clay season, scoring 35 points and instantly ranking 53rd.