Yesterday, in the second round of the WTA1000 Indian Wells station, "Chinese Sava" Wang Xinyu withstood the attack of Grand Slam champion and Latvian player Ostapenko, defeated his opponent and reached the round of 32. Perhaps encouraged by Wang Xinyu, Jinhua's first sister Zheng Qinwen swept away the previous three consecutive defeats and swept the promotion in the contest with former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion and Belarusian Azarenka. It is worth mentioning that this is Zheng Qinwen's first victory over his opponent in the duel with Azarenka. Objectively speaking, it is not an exaggeration to say that yesterday was the blooming day of the Chinese golden flower in Indian Wells.

And yesterday, in the hope race in Ma'anshan, there was a Jinhua's performance that was also praiseworthy. This golden flower is Ye Qiuyu, as early as 2018, she reached the final at the Nanjing Hope Tournament. At that time, Nanjing had held the Hope Race for three consecutive weeks. At that time, Ye Qiuyu even encountered Zheng Qinwen, the current first sister of Jinhua, when she also won a set first, but Zheng Qinwen immediately defeated Ye Qiuyu in two sets in a row with color. However, this is also Ye Qiuyu's most eye-catching performance. Since then, she has not reached the final of the Hope Tournament until March 2025. Ye Qiuyu, whose world ranking has fallen to outside 1,000, has been forgotten by more and more fans.

This week, Ye Qiuyu appeared in the Ma'anshan Hope Qualifying Tournament, and she defeated Zhu Fanshi, Xu Guyu, and He Jiaying in a row to enter the main competition. Although Ye Qiuyu defeated his opponent in these three games to advance, however, because they were all compatriot derbies and were the qualifiers for the lowest-level hope match, they did not attract too much attention from fans.

In the first round of the main event, facing Russian player A Kummel, Ye Qiuyu swept his opponent again as usual and successfully advanced. Since the Hope Tournament was held in China, it attracted many Chinese players. This made Ye Qiuyu have to face her compatriot derby again in the second round, this time her opponent is Xun Fangying. Facing this player who was ranked more than 300 times higher than himself, Ye Qiuyu was not afraid at all, swept in two sets, and won the test. This scene made the fans watching the game on the field seem to see Ye Qiuyu's demeanor again. The cheers again and again, and the applause again and again, made Ye Qiuyu find the self-confidence that he had not seen for a long time.

In the quarterfinals, facing the South Korean player Jin Nali, who also came out of the qualifying round, Ye Qiuyu won quite easily, and in two sets, he only let the opponent win one game, it should be noted that Jin Nali is still Ye Qiuyu's doubles partner. Reaching the semi-finals, she is only one step away from equaling the good results she set seven years ago.

In the semifinals, Ye Qiuyu ushered in another challenge from a Russian player, and this player was Shalimova. In this game, Ye Qiuyu controlled the situation well, defeated his opponent completely, and reached the final. After reaching the final, Ye Qiuyu did not rest, but rushed to the doubles court non-stop, and finally won the women's doubles championship of the Maanshan Hope Tournament with Jin Nali. In the singles final, Ye Qiuyu's opponent was the fifth seed of the tournament, Russian D Egorova. So, can Ye Qiuyu defeat his opponent with a wave of morale-like seven consecutive victories and make a new breakthrough in his career? Let's wait and see.

A lot of times, the world of tennis is really just a teahouse. In this teahouse, there are many, many tea customers who have been here for a long time, and some of them have become quite famous. However, there are always fledgling tea drinkers who come here and look forward to tasting the sweet tea with their own efforts. And the author is just a small scholar in the corner of this teahouse who tells the stories of these tea customers in obscurity. I hope my article can bring some fresh information to all fans. Whether it's compliments or criticisms, maybe it's just to be able to get me far. That's it for today, and it continues tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)