On February 9, local time, the first day of the 2025 WTA1000 Doha station started the main event, and the two Chinese players Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue, who took the lead, failed to win.
Wang Xinyu data map
Wang Xinyu faced Avanexiang in the first round, and Wang Xinyu won all the previous three meetings between the two players. In this match, Wang Xinyu was trapped by too many unforced errors, missing a service game in the first set and a service game in the deciding set, and finally lost 6-7(3)/6-1/6-7(5) after 2 hours and 47 minutes.
Yuan Yue was in poor form in the first round, facing Garcia's solid baseline shot, although Yuan Yue launched a counterattack in the second half of the match, but lost 1-6, 6-7(5) after wasting a set point in the second set and failed to advance.
Elsewhere on the first day, 12th seed Mila Andreeva defeated qualifier Volynets in three sets 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 to advance to the second round. Aleksandar Nova avenged her Australian Open defeat with a 6-3, 7-5 win over wildcard Raducanu.
Other Results:
Sakkari 4-6, 6-3, 4-0 Ruse[Q] Ret.
Anisimova 6-3, 7-5 Azarenka
Fernandes 6-1, 6-2 Minen[Q]
[16] Samsonova, 6-3, 6-3, Sun Lulu
Freich 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Maya[13]
[Q] Parkes 6-4/7-6(2) Schneider[11]
Mertens 6-0 Towson Ret.
Kostyuk 6-3, 6-3 Semmez[Q]
[Q] Buksa 6-7(3)/7-5/6-4 Karinskaya[14]
In Women's Doubles, China's Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan defeated wildcard Grand Slam champions Mattek/Safarova 6-3, 6-2. Jiang Xinyu/Wu Fangxian defeated Miyuki Kato/Buksa 7-6(7)/3-6/10-6 to advance to the second round.
(Text, editor: Dato, photo: Visual China)