Liu Fangzhou, the women's singles champion of the Lake Open: Crowned strongly, his heart is far away

On April 26, the 2025 China Tennis Tour CTA1000 Huzhou Open Tennis Championships decided the women's singles champion, and 29-year-old Tianjin star Liu Fangzhou defeated her doubles partner Nima Zhuoma of Guangdong in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in the final, which was her sixth professional women's singles title on the China Tennis Tour.

Although she only lost four games in the final, Liu Fangzhou said after the match that the process was not easy, to which she said: "When I came to the final stage, in fact, everyone's level was about the same, and the opponent actually gave me a big impact as soon as I came up, and my first service game was almost broken. Playing to the back, maybe I had a better mentality than hers, she had some ups and downs in mood and state, and I caught that and did a better job in the details. ”

She said that the most important thing as an athlete is to focus on herself: "Professional athletes have actually faced many similar situations, and may even meet their partners in the first and second rounds. ”

In addition to the busy participation tasks, Liu Fangzhou visited the Taihu Lake Scenic Area under the arrangement of the organizing committee and checked in the famous "Moon Hotel". Although she was born and raised in the north, she was fascinated by the unique style of the water city in the south of the Yangtze River: "The whole city makes me feel very comfortable, like experiencing the scene in the poem." I also told my husband that we would stop playing in the future, and that I would like to live here for a while after retiring. Huzhou is a city with a high happiness index, and everyone is relatively relaxed, which is not available in big cities. ”

Liu Fangzhou also did not hesitate to praise the Huzhou International Clay Center, where the event was held: "I have participated in many tournaments before, including the China Tennis Tour, ITF, and WTA, and the venues here can be said to be the best clay courts in China, with excellent hardware and software facilities, creating a very good environment for the athletes, and we can focus more on the court." This title gave me a lot of confidence to compete in ITF international competitions in the future. ”

At the end of this year, Liu Fangzhou will represent the Tianjin Provincial Tennis Team in the National Games, she revealed that this may be her last National Games, and said that she hopes to go all out to achieve good results: "Because I grew up in Tianjin, I especially hope to play well in the National Games and show the best condition, this is likely to be my last game, and it can be regarded as an explanation for myself." ”

As the first women's singles champion after the opening of the Huzhou International Clay Tennis Center, we also look forward to Liu Fangzhou and her champion Yu Wei continuing to overcome obstacles and write a brilliant chapter in their tennis career in the coming year.