Wei Sijia
html On September 28, there will be another round of the 2024 China Open. Chinese women's tennis star Wei Sijia lost to Brazilian star Maya in two sets, while China Open seed player Yuan Yue lost to former French Open runner-up Mukhova in two sets. At present, only Buyun Chaokete remains in the men's singles of China Open, and there are Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen in the women's singles. The China Open is a strict testing ground for China's second-tier tennis players, and it is also the best stage for these new players in tennis.Chinese 20-year-old Wei Sijia got the opportunity to play in the China Open for the first time. In the first round, Weisijia defeated Dutch player Ruth in a tiebreaker and achieved the most important victory in his career. In this game, Wei Sijia’s mother Li Zhonglan continued to sit on the coaching bench to support her daughter.
In the first set, Wei Sijia and Maya broke serve. After taking a 5-4 lead, Wei Sijia's serving quality declined slightly, and Maya seized the opportunity to win three consecutive games. Won the first set 7-5. In the second set, Wei Sijia broke through with a double and took a 4-1 lead. Unfortunately, Maya improved her form thereafter and forced Wei Sijia to make a mistake. Wei Sijia once lost 18 points in a row, and finally lost to Maya 5-7 and 4-6, stopping in the second round of the China Open women's singles. In another match, No. 30 seed Yuan Yue received a bye in the first round of the China Open. She lost to the Czech star Mukhova 3-6 and 1-6, and was eliminated in the first match of this year's China Open.
Buyun Chaoket
In terms of the China Open, we will try our best to create opportunities for Chinese players to participate in the competition this year. This year's China Open men's singles include Zhou Yi, Shang Juncheng, , Buyun Chaokete and Zhang Zhizhen. In the women's singles, Zheng Qinwen and Yuan Yue became the seed players, and Wang Xinyu and Wang Xiyu were shortlisted for the main draw based on their rankings. Wang Qiang was shortlisted based on the protection ranking. China Open awarded all eight wild cards in the women's singles main draw to Chinese players, namely Zhang Shuai, Ma Yexin, Wei Sijia, Shi Han, Yao Xinxin, Gao Xinyu, Ren Yufei and Wang Meiling. In addition, the six wild cards in the women's singles qualifying round were also awarded to Chinese players, namely Fengshuo, Guo Hanyu, Qu Yihan, Zhang Ruien, Wei Zhangqian and Shao Yushan. As of the match on the 28th, only Bouyunchoket of China's men's singles has advanced to the second round, while Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Shuai of China's women's singles remain in the lineup.
China Open Women’s Singles is also the best showcase for WTA1000 level competition. Wei Sijia was born in Nanning, Guangxi in 2003. Encouraged by her tennis-loving parents, she embarked on a tennis career. Wei Sijia once came to Beijing to learn tennis and made a name for herself in youth tennis competitions. This year Wei Sijia participated in the qualifying rounds of all four Grand Slams for the first time and won the first round of qualifying rounds at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Although he failed to win consecutive games at the China Open, Wei Sijia has already gained the most at the China Open.
Wei Sijia and Gao Xinyu, who just created the longest match in the first round of the China Open, represent the second-tier Chinese tennis stars who are struggling to get ahead. Most of them were raised by families who love tennis and have struggled to pursue professional tennis. Compared with Jinhua seniors such as Li Na and Zheng Jie, the tennis path under their feet is clearer. The Chinese tennis season also gives second-tier players far more opportunities to "upgrade and fight monsters" than their seniors.
Yuan Yue
During the Chinese season last year, Yuan Yue performed poorly and suffered many first-round losses. After being eliminated in the first round of WTA Ningbo Station, Yuan Yue burst into tears. Yuan Yue said: "Please remember me as I am now. Wait until one day, see how I overcome the difficulties step by step, and then adjust and come back to play." By this year's China Open, Yuan Yue has won the 2024 season by virtue of his performance in the China Open. The outstanding performance raised the world ranking to China's second place and locked the seed qualification for this year's China Open. Inspired by the examples of Zheng Qinwen, Yuan Yue and Wei Sijia, and with the support of the increasingly mature Chinese season, I believe that it is only a matter of time before the Chinese tennis flowers will emerge.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Chu Peng
Photography/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Cui Jun
Editor/Xu Zhao
