After the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, tennis is back on tour, and the WTA 250 Hua Hin will be the main focus of fans this week.
Looking at the women's singles draw with only 32 draws, as many as 7 golden flowers appeared, among which Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, and Yuan Yue were seeded respectively, and Wang Yafan, Bai Zhuoxuan and Wang Qiang also played.
As the No. 5 seed in the tournament, Wang Xiyu made her debut in the women's singles, and faced compatriot Wang Qiang, who returned to the WTA competition after more than a year, and finally won the Golden Flower Derby with two scores of 6-1.
Throughout the game, Wang Qiang really didn't have any chances, and she kept saying to the coach during the game that she "can't beat". It turned out that Wang Qiang had been infected with influenza B not long ago, and her symptoms were better and she came to participate in the game, which really distressed the fans.
Wang's last appearance at the WTA was in the distant 2022 season, when she lost to Mertens in the first round at the Pan Pacific Open in September of that year, and has been out of action since then due to injuries and other reasons.
Born in 1992, Wang Qiang recently celebrated her 32nd birthday, and at this age she is already a veteran in the current WTA, and I wish her to play well in future competitions and improve her ranking as soon as possible to participate in more events.
The winner took home 30 points and $4,040 in prize money and is currently ranked 60th in the world rankings as she faces qualifier Galfi, who defeated wildcard Tomjanovic 6-3 6-0 in the first round.
In another match with Jinhua players that ended yesterday, Wang Xinyu also won comfortably, and when she led 5-2 in the first set, her opponent Bektas retired due to injury.
Wang will next face Japan's Nao Hibino for a place in the Women's Singles quarter-finals, who beat Rakhimova 7-6(0) 6-0 in the first round to advance to the next round.
As the top seed in Hua Hin this year, Linette was eliminated by Schnett in the first round, causing the biggest upset in the women's singles field yesterday, so far the Pole has swallowed a bitter four consecutive defeats this season, and Schneider has won his first game of the new season.
According to the schedule, Yuan Yue and Australia's Rodionova will start at 3 p.m., followed by Bai Zhuoxuan vs qualifier Pakui at 4:30.
China's golden flower Zhu Lin, the reigning women's singles champion in Hua Hin, has just celebrated her 30th birthday in Hua Hin and will face qualifier Preston North End in the first round at 6pm. The match between Wang Yafan and Korneeva was also held at six o'clock, and I look forward to the golden flowers to have a good performance. (*Home of Tennis by Barbie).