Lake Open Women's Doubles Champion Liu Fangzhou/Nima Zhuoma: First partner, strength wins

On the last weekend of April, the 2025 China Tennis Tour CTA1000 Huzhou Tennis Open) came to a successful conclusion at the Huzhou International Clay Tennis Center. Third seeds Liu Fangzhou/Nima Zhuoma defeated top seeds Xiao Zhenghua/Xu Jiayu in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to claim the Women's Doubles title of the tournament.

It is worth mentioning that this event is the first time that Liu Fangzhou and Nima Zhuoma have partnered, and they are overjoyed to be able to stand out in the lineup of masters. In fact, both of them have good doubles strength, Liu Fangzhou has entered the championship match in the 2021 CTA800 Changzhou Station and the 2022 Macau Professional Finals, but she lost in both finals, and this time in Huzhou, she finally won her first doubles title on the China Tennis Tour. Nima Zhuoma has won the China Tennis Tour Women's Doubles Championship five times in 2024 at CTA800 Zhengzhou and CTA800 Linfen, CTA1000 Shijiazhuang and CTA800 Linfen in 2023 and CTA800 Shenzhen Pingshan in 2022.

Talking about the experience of partnering in Huzhou, Liu Fangzhou said: "The two of us slowly ran in from the first game to the final, which was the best performance, and we completed well in terms of communication, technical tactics and implementation. It has been a very difficult week and we have overcome some difficulties step by step. ”

Although Nima Dolma suffered from cold symptoms during the event, she persevered despite feeling unwell and eventually won the Women's Doubles title and the Women's Singles runner-up. She said after the race: "I am very happy to win this championship, this is the first time I have partnered with [Liu Fangzhou], it is very pleasant and tacit. At the same time, she also gave Huzhou International Clay Center a high evaluation: "I went abroad to Serbia to play clay tournaments before, they are all outdoor clay, I have seen such a very spectacular indoor clay hall for the first time, the whole venue, the venue, the lighting and design are very beautiful, and the paving clay is also very good." I watched the French Open last year, and I played on the court there, and the feeling of playing here is similar to that of Huzhou, where the court is very professional. ”

This time in Huzhou won the singles and doubles "double champion", the first time to come to Wuxing to participate in the competition Liu Fangzhou spent a wonderful week, this small city in the south of the Yangtze River for her to leave an unforgettable experience: "I didn't expect so many people to watch me play, from the first day to the last day there are many people supporting me, this time to Huzhou to participate in the competition left a deep impression on me, Huzhou tennis atmosphere is very good, I am very moved." If there are competitions here in the future, I will definitely come back. ”