Original title: Guangzhou Tennis Open swing (title)
Wang Xiyu and Yuan Yue will play (theme)
China Sports News, Guangzhou, October 20th reporter Huang Xinhao and intern Zhang Longzhen reported: The 2024 WTA250 Guangzhou International Women’s Tennis Open held the first day of qualifying competition on the 20th. Ma Yexin, who just won her first career tour victory in Ningbo in the last stop, defeated the famous Italian player and former French Open semi-finalist Trevisan 2-1. Many young “golden flowers” Ren Yufei, Liu Leyi, You Xiaodi, Gao Xinyu, etc. all lost to their opponents. The women’s singles qualifying round will be held over two days, and the second round of qualifying and the first round of the main draw will be held on the 21st.
The draw ceremony for the main draw was also held that day. In women’s singles, defending champion Wang Xiyu will face Russ in the first round, No. 3 seed Yuan Yue will face Mineen in the first round, two-time wide open champion Zhang Shuai will face Laksimova, Chinese rookie Wei Sijia will face Slamkova, and teenager Shi Han against qualifiers. In the doubles draw, two-time Grand Slam women’s doubles champion Zhang Shuai joins hands with women’s doubles “Golden Slam” and Paris Olympic mixed doubles gold medalist Siniakova. The two are ranked top seeds in the tournament and will face the Chinese wild card in the first round. Combination Liu Leyi/Nima Zhuoma. Xu Yifan partners with Indonesian star Sujadi to rank as the No. 2 seed. The “Golden Flower” combination Fengshuo/Yang Zhaoxuan faced Manero/Danilovic in the first round. Another Chinese “Golden Flower” Tang Qianhui partnered with British player Appleton and faced Bronzetti/Grubic in the first round.
Zhang Shuai won the Guangzhou Open Championship twice in 2013 and 2017. Zhang Shuai has good memories of Guangzhou. “Tennis in Guangzhou has a lot of history. It feels very cordial to come back to Guangzhou. I hope I can show my style in front of everyone. I have too many memories in Guangzhou. Not only the Guangzhou Tennis Network, but also ITF competitions are here, and the Chinese Tennis Grand Prix was also here. This is where the national youth team trained when I was young. I am no stranger to the city of Guangzhou, and I am no stranger to the fans in Guangzhou. I am an old player, and they (Guangzhou fans) are old fans, and they all know tennis well. ”
Regarding pairing up with Siniakova in the women’s doubles, Zhang Shuai said: “We have agreed to form a doubles team for many years, and this time we finally partnered up. I hope we can show our style in front of everyone.” In this year’s US Open women’s doubles In the semifinals, Zhang Shuai and his then partner defeated Siniakova’s combination. Siniakova said: “It is certainly better to be on the same side as Zhang Shuai than to face each other across the net.”
The 2024 Guangzhou International Women’s Tennis Open is hosted by the Chinese Tennis Association and Guangzhou Sports Bureau, and hosted by the Guangzhou Sports Competition Center, Guangzhou Tennis Association, and Guangzhou Nansha District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau.
