On October 11, Beijing time, the women's singles semifinals of the 2024 Wuhan Open Tennis Championships came as scheduled. In the women's singles match that ended today, Zheng Qinwen, the first sister of Chinese tennis, defeated Paulini 2-1 and advanced to the top 4 of the women's singles of the Wuhan Open; Chinese Open champion Gauff swept Linette 2-0 and easily advanced to the top 4 of women's singles; China's other golden flower, Wang Xinyu, reversed Alexandrova 2-1 and advanced to the women's singles semifinals in an upset; Top seed Sabalenka swept past Fletcher 2-0 to advance to the semifinals of the Wuhan Open. With the end of the above 4 important matches, the top 4 women's singles of the Wuhan Open were all born, and the semi-finals were released. Let's take a look at a brief description of the content of the 4th round, focusing on the news of Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu.
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Zheng Qinwen defeated Paulini 2-1 and advanced to the top 8 of the women's singles at the Wuhan Open
In the fourth match of the 1/4 finals of the Wuhan Tennis Open, Zheng Qinwen, the No. 5 seed of the tournament, played against the No. 3 seed Paulini. Zheng Qinwen is ranked 7th in the world and Paulini is ranked 6th in the world, and the two have met twice in their history, with Zheng leading the way with a complete victory. Playing again today, whether Zheng Qinwen can complete the sweep of Paulini is very much expected. At the beginning of the game, Zheng Qinwen was in hot form, showing strong strength and firm determination. She broke twice in the first set and comfortably won the first set 6-2 to set herself off to a great start. Zheng Qinwen's outstanding performance made the audience excited, and everyone saw her strong desire to reach the semi-finals.
However, the course of the race was not all smooth sailing. Entering the second set, Zheng Qinwen failed to hold on to his advantage after breaking serve and was successfully broken twice by Paulini. Although Zheng Qinwen fought hard, he finally lost the second set with a score of 3-6. At this point, the situation of the race became tense and the two sides returned to the same running line. In the crucial third set, Zheng Qinwen was not affected by the loss in the previous set, readjusted his state, and showed a tenacious fighting spirit. In the final phase of the match, she made a crucial break in the eighth game, which became the turning point of the match. Subsequently, Zheng Qinwen played steadily and steadily, and finally won the third set with a score of 6-3, defeated Paulini 2-1, and successfully advanced to the semifinals.
The victory meant a lot for Zheng, who proved her place in women's tennis with her strength and perseverance. The next semi-finals are full of expectations, with two Chinese golden flowers, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu, going head-to-head to compete for tickets to the finals. This will be a feast for Chinese tennis, and the duel between the two players will be exciting. Zheng Qinwen's victory not only won him honor, but also brought new hope for Chinese tennis. Her fighting spirit and outstanding performance will inspire more Chinese players to move forward bravely on the tennis court. Let's look forward to Zheng Qinwen's wonderful performance in the semi-finals, and I believe she will continue to surprise us.
Wang Xinyu reversed Alexandrova 2-1 and advanced to the top 4 of the women's singles at the Wuhan Open
In the second match of the 1/4 finals of the Wuhan Tennis Open, China's Golden Flower Wang Xinyu vs. Alexandrova. The two sides have met twice in their history, winning one and drawing each. Today's battle was also very indistinguishable, and the game was very exciting and intense, which took 170 minutes. The first set was full of drama, and the first seven games of both sides ended in breaks, and the situation was tense and stalemate. It wasn't until the 8th game that Alexandrova managed to hold serve, and Wang Xinyu finally lost 4-6 to her opponent and fell behind temporarily. The set lasted 46 minutes, and the hearts of the audience were tightly beaten.
In the second set, Wang Xinyu was not affected by the loss, but showed tenacious fighting spirit and a strong desire to win. In the first ten games, the two sides started the hold battle mode, and the two kept their respective serve games in a row, fighting all the way to a 5-5 draw. Wang Xinyu continued to hold serve successfully in the 11th game, and in the crucial 11th game, Wang Xinyu completed the key break, and then won the set with a thrilling score of 7-5, chasing the big score to a 1-1 draw. The set lasted 59 minutes, and the match went to a decider, and the enthusiasm of the crowd was completely ignited.
In the third set of the deciding set, Wang Xinyu got off to a strong start and once led 5-0, allowing people to see the dawn of victory. But then the situation changed abruptly, she lost 6 points in a row and was overtaken, but the opponent took the lead to get the match point. At this time, the atmosphere in the arena was tense to the extreme. However, Wang Xinyu did not give up, and she scored 2 points in a row with her serve to overtake the score to 7-6. In the end, Alexandrova made a double mistake, Wang Xinyu successfully won the tie-break, reversed Alexandrova with a score of 2-1, and won this hard game. The set took 65 minutes, and the crowd applauded her tenacity and courage.
Wang Xinyu's victory was significant, not only did she take 170 minutes to advance to the semi-finals, but she also advanced to the semifinals of the WTA1000 tournament for the first time in her career, and in the WTA real-time standings, Wang Xinyu increased her points to 1418 points, rising to 39th place! In just 2 days, Wang Xinyu rose from 51st to 39th in the world with two victories in the 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals of the Wuhan Open, which is really gratifying. Now, she will face the winner between No. 5 seed Zheng Qinwen and No. 3 seed Paulini. We look forward to Wang Xinyu continuing to shine in the next matches and writing a new glorious chapter for Chinese tennis."
Gauff swept the No. 13 seed Kostyuk 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles at the Wuhan Open
WTA1000 first match of the 1/4 finals of the Wuhan Tennis Open, the No. 2 seed Gauff faced Poland player Linette. Gauff is currently ranked 4th in the world and Linette is ranked 45th. Looking back at the past encounters between the two, in the first round of the 2021 US Open, Gauff defeated Rinette in three sets to win. In this reunion, Gauff showed great strength and dominance. In the first set, Gauff was full of momentum as soon as he came on the court, quickly breaking Linette's serve. In the second game, Gauff calmly responded to the huge pressure of three break points and successfully held serve. After that, she broke serve twice in the third and fifth games to win the first set with an astonishing performance of six games in a row.
Entering the second set, the match was still full of suspense. Gauff broke in the seventh game to take a 4-3 lead. However, in the ninth game, Gauff had three match point chances on Rinette's serve, but unfortunately missed. However, Gauff was not discouraged, and in the 10th game, she managed to save break point and hold serve to win the second set 6-4. With this hearty victory, Gauff easily defeated Linette 2-0, making it nine consecutive wins of the Chinese season and reaching the semi-finals of WTA1000 tournament for the eighth time in his career. Next, let's look forward to Gauff's wonderful performance in the subsequent competitions.
Top seed Sabalenka swept past Fletcher 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open.
WTA1000 Wuhan Open 1/4 finals match 3, top seed Sabalenka vs. Fletcher. Sabalenka is ranked No. 2 in the world and Fletcher is ranked No. 27 in the world. The two sides have never played each other before, and this is the first time the two have met. At the beginning of the match, Sabalenka showed strong dominance, and in the first set, Sabalenka successfully broke serve twice in the first and third games, and quickly won four games in a row to achieve a dream start of 4-0. After that, Sabalenka continued to play steadily, firmly controlling the tempo of the game. In the eighth game, Sabalenka easily held serve in the service game to win the first set 6-2.
In the second set, Sabalenka's form was still hot. She broke her opponent's two serve games in a row to regain the upper hand at a 3-0 start. However, Fletcher did not give up easily, and after breaking serve in the fourth game, he managed to hold serve again to make it 2-3. But Sabalenka was clearly superior, saving two consecutive break points in the sixth game to hold serve. In the seventh game, Sabalenka broke again and held serve in the eighth game to win the second set 6-2. The victory gave Sabalenka a 15-match winning streak at the Wuhan Open, extending her unbeaten run. It was also the 15th time in her career that she had reached the semifinals of a 1000 event. Next, Sabalenka will face fourth seed Gauff for the right to the final. I believe that in the next matches, Sabalenka will continue to bring wonderful performances to the audience.
With the end of the above 4 matches, all the top 4 women's singles in the Wuhan Open were born, and the semi-finals were all released:
1. Gauff VS Sabalenka.
2, Zheng Qinwen VS Wang Xinyu.
The matchup between the four strong players is sure to be full of suspense and excitement, and perhaps every match can have an unexpected outcome. Let's look forward to the wonderful performance of the players on the court, pay attention to the strength of the semi-final Chinese derby, and witness Zheng Qinwen's victory in the Wuhan Open.