Wang Yafeng, the champion of China’s “Golden Flower” and women’s singles defending champion, failed to defeat Wang Xiyu in the next round of the competition.
Xinhua News Agency, Mexico City, February 25th, in the first round of the WTA Tour in Acapulco, Mexico, on the 24th local time, China’s “Golden Flower” and the champion of women’s singles, Wang Yafang, were defeated by Wang Xiyu, missed the next round of the event.
Although Wang Yafeng ranked much higher than Wang Xiyu in the world, the competition feels average, and the success rate of one shot is far lower than that of the opponent. In addition, he missed many opportunities to break the game. Wang Xiyu dared to fight in the game. The first serve game of the opponent in the first set was successfully broken by four points, quickly expanding the score to 3:0. In the last four rounds of the game, the two men launched a break-up war. Wang Xiyu kept one more break-out advantage and took the first set at 6:4 with no danger.
The competition for the second set was more intense. Two serve sets of both were broken, and finally the second set was dragged into “grab seven”. The “grab seven” War is still glued, “Little Flower” Wang Xiyu didn’t drop the chain at the critical moment, and locked “grab seven” and the victory of the whole game at 10:8. Wang Xiyu’s opponent in the second round was the winner between Italian player Elani and Spanish Tormo.
In last year’s Acapulco race, Wang Yafeng passed by and won the first WTA Tour champion of his career.