This morning, the WTA125 Charleston station ended the women's singles semi-finals. After a 150-minute fierce battle, China's Golden Flower King Yafan won first and then lost in 3 sets. She lost 1-2 to Schneider. She failed to win the championship and missed the chance. Break the spell.
Wang Yafan is a golden flower born in the 1990s in China. His highlight moment was reaching the top of the Mexico 250 in 2019, breaking the championship drought on the tour. This season Wang Yafan has undergone a transformation. After qualifying for the Australian Open main draw, she won two consecutive victories and entered the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time to set a new record. Then she lost to the Chinese No. 1 sister Zheng Qinwen who eventually won the runner-up in three sets. In the Hua Hin 250, Wang Yafan lost to Zhu Lin in the quarterfinals. In the subsequent Austin 250, she lost to Derby in the quarterfinals and unfortunately lost to Yuan Yue, who eventually won the championship.
moved to the Charleston 250. Wang Yafan played as the No. 6 seed. In the first three rounds, he defeated Honyu Shinwei, Errani and Andreeva 2-0, and was shortlisted for the semi-finals with the No. 7 seed Schneider. The net is opposite. In the first set, Wang Yafan fell behind 0-1 and came back 6-3, breaking serve three times to take the lead. In the second set, Schneider regained his lost ground and returned the favor 6-3. In the final set, China Golden Flower got off to a slow start and fell behind 1-4 at the very beginning. In the end, they lost 3-6 but were reversed and missed the final.
At this point, Wang Yafan ended his 3-game winning streak and lost his second championship on the tour. He failed in the top four for the second time this season and failed to break the curse of not reaching the finals for 5 years. Can China Golden Flower, who is about to turn 30, still have a second spring in his career?
