On October 6, Beijing time, the women's singles final of the China Open was staged, Gauff played against Mukhova, and the two of them eliminated Badosa and Zheng Qinwen respectively and reached the final.
Prior to this, Gauff and Mukhova had played each other 4 times, with Gauff holding a huge advantage of 3-1. In the first set, Gauff was as unstoppable as a tiger descending from a mountain, while Mukhova was in no form at all, and after the first five games, Gauff was already 4-1 ahead. Mukhova then served and was unfortunately broken, and Gauff only needed one more game to win the first set, and she held serve to take a 6-1 lead and lead 1-0 on aggregate.
After a rout in the first set, Mukhova was in a desperate situation. At the beginning of the second set, she actively adjusted, and in the first service game, Mukhova finally won it. She then managed to break serve, which was the first time Mukhova broke Gauff's serve of the match. With an early 2-0 lead, Mukhova seemed to see hope. However, it is a pity that in the third game, Gauff immediately broke back, and then won 3 games in a row to lead 4-2. After that, Mukhova was powerless to return to the sky, and could only lose another set 3-6, losing 0-2 on aggregate and missing the China Open women's singles championship.
In this game, Mukhova didn't know if she was too tired, and her state was more than a notch worse than that of the semifinals. In the face of Gauff, Mukhova had no power to fight back, and her serve and baseline skills were completely ineffective in front of Gauff, and she could only end up in a miserable defeat. I have to say that Mukhova's performance in this game is really weird. If she also performs like this against Zheng Qinwen, I believe that Zheng Qinwen will definitely be promoted.
It is worth mentioning that in the next Wuhan Open, Mukhova and Zheng Qinwen will participate, and the two are in the same half, and they are expected to meet in the third round (if they have not been eliminated before), Zheng Qinwen will definitely have a chance to take revenge against this opponent again.
In fact, Zheng Qinwen's strength is not below Mukhova, if it weren't for an accidental fall in the game, coupled with poor physical condition, she is fully capable of defeating Mukhova. After a few days of rest, Zheng Qinwen will fight in the "martial arts", with the support of his hometown fathers, if he fights Mukhova again, I believe it will be Zheng Qinwen who will have the last laugh!