On the evening of May 15, Beijing time, just when everyone was paying attention to the men's singles 1/4 finals of China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen, the good news came in the women's doubles field of the WTA1000 Rome station, and the Chinese golden flower combination Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai defeated the Xie Shuwei/Mertens combination in three sets 6-0, 4-6, 10-7 and advanced to the women's doubles semifinals in Rome.
Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai beauty combination officially set out from Miami this year and reached the second round. The last station in Madrid reached the quarterfinals, and the tacit understanding continued to improve and gradually entered the right track. In the first round of Rome, Xu Yifan/Watson narrowly defeated Xu Yifan/Watson 6-3, 1-6, 10-8, and in the second round, the opponent Kudermetova/Zhan Haoqing withdrew from the match, and Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai smiled and advanced to the quarterfinals without a fight. He scored 215 points and earned $34,740. Wang Xinyu is ranked 17th and Zheng Saisai is 164th.
In this round against the Xie Shuwei/Mertens combination, the last stop in Madrid reached the semifinals, it is worth mentioning that Wang Xinyu partnered with Xie Shuwei at the French Open last year and won the French Open women's doubles championship, making history. In the first set, the Xie Shuwei/Mertens combination was completely out of shape, did not win a game, and lost 0-6. Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai took the lead.
In the second set, each held serve in the first 6 games, 3-3. Since then, Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai's mismatch has increased, especially Wang Xinyu's repeated netting and messing, as if Zheng Saisai played alone with three people, Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai was successfully broken by the opponent and was pulled back a set 4-6.
In the deciding set, the Xie Shuwei/Mertens combination became more and more courageous, especially Xie Shuwei's skills in front of the net were unbeatable, Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai fell behind 0-4 at the beginning, and then Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai fought hard to catch up, 10-7 to achieve a big reversal, and advance to the semifinals!
Congratulations to Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai for advancing to the semifinals! Last year's French Open Wang Xinyu partnered Xie Shuwei to win the women's doubles championship, and this year's French Open is coming, I don't know if Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai's partner can win the women's doubles championship!