Twice on match point and twice on the sidelines, she missed out on Wimbledon qualifying

Last season, the number of Chinese tennis fans increased dramatically when Zheng Qinwen won the first gold medal in singles for Chinese women's tennis at the Paris Olympics. Perhaps among these new tennis fans, many feel that it is not difficult to enter the Grand Slam qualifiers. However, You Xiaodi and Ma Yexin, who had played in the Grand Slam qualifiers last season, have withdrawn from the French Open qualifiers. This fully shows that it is not easy to qualify for the Grand Slam qualifiers. Last week, a Chinese girl passed by her when she was just a stone's throw away from the Wimbledon qualifiers. So, who is this Chinese girl? What's going on here? Let this article take you to a look.

The Chinese girl is Zheng Yushuang, who reached the quarterfinals of her first career hope tournament back in 2014. In the following seasons, although Zheng reached the quarterfinals of the Hope Tournament several times, it was not until 2019 that she won the first Hope Tournament title of her career. Due to the epidemic, Zheng Yushuang even missed two seasons in a row. For this reason, at the beginning of the 2025 season, she will be ranked well outside the 360 in the world.

In early January, Zheng won six straight matches from the Nonthaburi Challenge qualifiers to reach the final of her first career challenge. Despite losing to compatriot Yao Xinxin in the final and watching her opponent qualify for the French Open, this was the final of the highest-level singles tournament that Zheng Yushuang had entered. In this regard, she has undoubtedly improved a lot.

Despite this, in the last week, Zheng and Wei have not reached the semi-finals of any event. Some time ago, as the top seed of the tournament, she played in the Gaoyang Hope Tournament, but she lost to Japan's Hiromi Abe in the second round, winning only three games in two sets. It was in this situation that Zheng Yushuang came to the Changwon Hope Tournament, and this time, she still played as the top seed of the tournament.

In the first round, Zheng Yushuang swept Japan's Sema Minarika and successfully advanced; In the second round, Zheng Wei sent eggs to Japanese player Ikumi Yamazaki and reached the quarterfinals; In the quarter-finals, she defeated Japan's Ayumi Ishi, reaching the semifinals of the Hope Tournament for the first time in the 2025 season; Zheng Fu's semi-final opponent was Indonesia's J Tjen, who had some strength in the second round over sixth seed Li Zongyu of China. In this match, Zheng Wei fell in straight sets, defeated her opponent, and reached the final.

Zheng will face Russian qualifier Reingold in the finals. Because the world ranking is far higher than that of the opponent, both bookmakers and fans are quite optimistic about Zheng Weishuang's championship prospects. Sure enough, Zheng Yushuang went down first, and in the second set, she got the match point, and she was only a stone's throw away from victory, if she won the championship, Zheng Yushuang would qualify for Wimbledon qualifying.

However, at this time, an incredible scene happened. Reingold fought back, closing the score to equalise and then overtake to take the second set and put herself and Zheng back on the same page. In the deciding set, Zheng Yushuang got the match point again, but this time, she was tied by her opponent again, and then dragged into the tie-break. In the tie-break, Zheng Wei lost to her opponent and unfortunately fell to the runner-up.

In this way, the low-hanging Wimbledon qualifying qualification passed by Zheng Weishuang. I hope that in the next game, Zheng Yushuang can have a good record, so let's bless her here. That's it for today, and it will continue tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)