In the early morning of May 18, Beijing time, the second semi-final competition of the 2024 WTA1000 Rome Station began. China's Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai faced off against the tournament's No.3 seeds Gauff/Lutliff, and after 1 hour and 30 minutes, the Jinhua pair lost in two sets, 3-6, 6-7(3) and missed the final.
In the WTA1000 Rome Women's Doubles quarter-finals, Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai narrowly defeated the top seeds Mertens 6-0/4-6/10-7 and advanced to the semifinals. Falling behind 1-5 in the tie-break, but fortunately, it stabilized and achieved a super reversal. Earn 390 points and 69,460 euros. Real-time ranking, Wang Xinyu NO.16, Zheng Saisai NO.130. This is Wang Xinyu's first time to enter the semi-finals of the 1000 competition, and Zheng Saisai is the first time in 8 years that he has entered the semi-finals of the 1000 competition. Wang Xinyu once lost 0-5 in women's doubles this year, and suffered seven consecutive defeats in women's doubles on New Year's Eve. After partnering with Zheng Saisai, he won 5 wins and 2 losses, and entered the quarterfinals in Madrid.
In the semi-finals, they will face the tournament's third seeds, Gauff and Lutliff. In the first set, the Gauff pair served first. After holding serve in the first five games, Gauff broke serve in the sixth game and finally relied on the only break of the whole set to win the first set 6-3.
In the second set, the Jinhua combination took the lead in serving. In the opening game, he broke the tie and took a 2-0 lead. But the good times didn't last long, and the opponent broke back in the 7th game and pulled the score to 4-4. In the ninth game, Gauff broke serve again and led 5-4. In the 10th game, the Gauff combination won the game with a serve, and the Jinhua combination was unwilling to give up and stubbornly broke back, 5-5. After that, they held serve and entered the tie-break 6-6. In the end, the tie-break combination was stronger and won 7-3, thus winning the game 7-6.
Gauff and Lutliff are in the final and will compete for the title of Errani/Paulini!