Focus on tennis events and pay attention to the performance of China's golden flowers.
WTA1000 Wuhan Open tennis tournament continued, a key battle between Zheng Qinwen, the first sister of China's Jinhua and the No. 5 seed of the tournament, and Italy Xiaogang Cannon, the No. 6 seed Paulini of the tournament.
The winner of the two sides will receive another ticket to the semi-finals in the lower half of the zone.
Previously, China's Golden Flower Wang Xinyu reversed the desperate situation and saved the match point to defeat Alexandrova and took the lead in advancing to the semifinals.
The Wuhan Open came to the sprint stage, and Zheng Qinwen eliminated the former US Open runner-up Fernandez in the last game with difficulty, and reached the top 8 of the Wuhan Open for the first time in his career.
Standing across the net from Zheng Qinwen is the current third in the world, Italy's small steel cannon Paulini.
Paulini has made a leap forward this season, reaching two Grand Slam finals, winning a 1000 tournament and currently ranking third in a career-high world rankings.
The two players have different styles of play, Zheng Qinwen is known for his outstanding service ability, is the ace queen of the season, and forehand hitting is his main means of scoring;
Paulini, on the other hand, is known for his tenacious and steady defense and excellent movement, as well as his determination to be strong.
The two players have played each other twice before, and Zheng Qinwen has the last laugh.
In the first set, Paulini served first.
In the opening game, Zheng Qinwen played very aggressively, and won a break point in the opponent's first service game to cash in efficiently, and took a 2-0 lead with consecutive breaks;
In the third game, Zheng Qinwen wasted a good opportunity to expand his advantage;
In the 7th game at the end of the set, the first sister of China made a comeback, breaking serve twice to bring the score to the commanding height of the game of 5-2;
In the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen easily held serve and won the first set 6-2;
In the second set, Paulini served first.
Taking advantage of the winning momentum in the first set, the first sister of China continued to apply pressure at the beginning and won a break advantage in the first game;
The backward No. 6 seed suddenly changed the pace of his shots, and used the fast-paced return to force Zheng Qinwen to make mistakes again and again, and soon won four games in a row to overtake the score 4-1;
In the subsequent matches, both men failed to break their opponents, and Paulini won the tie 6-3 by virtue of one more game.
In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen served first.
Entering the third set, Zheng Qinwen started again.
In the opening game, Zheng Qinwen wasted a break point in the second game, and both sides held serve respectively, and the score rose alternately;
In the 8th game at the end of the set, Zheng Qinwen suddenly made a force, played two beautiful attacks, and added Paulini's double faults, and soon forced three consecutive break points to make a key break and lead 5-3;
In the 9th game, Zheng Qinwen served to win the game, and the Chinese sister did not let the suspense continue, ending the game 6-3.
In the end, after three sets of fierce battles, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen narrowly won the deciding set, overturned the No. 6 seed Paulini, won three consecutive victories against the opponent, and reached the semifinals of the Wuhan Open 1000 tournament for the first time.
After Zheng Qinwen's victory, the historic moment of the Chinese women's tennis team arrived, and the semi-final Golden Flower Derby was staged for the first time.
Congratulations again to Zheng Qinwen on his victory.