Zheng Qinwen and Yuan Yue, the only two remaining golden flowers in the singles field this week, can continue to keep pace and refresh their best record on the grass court? It's a pity that Yuan Yue fell behind in the end.
After suffering a first-round trip at the French Open, Yuan Yue, like Wang Xinyu, chose to make her grass court debut at the 's-Hertogenbosch 250 after the start of the grass court season.
Especially seeing that Yuan Yue and Wang Xinyu are in the same half area, and there is hope that they will meet in the second round, everyone is obviously more optimistic about Yu Meiren when they are discussing this potential Golden Flower Derby matchup.
The reason is that Xiao Yueyue's recent performance has been unstable, and she has suffered six consecutive defeats, plus she is not good at grass combat, and she is also a lucky loser in the main competition, which naturally makes it difficult for people to have high hopes for her; Although Wang Xinyu's state is also not optimistic, her first-round opponent Birrell is average, which makes Yu Meiren more optimistic.
But when the debut of the two ended, what was surprising was that the favored Wang Xinyu suffered a round of tours, but Yuan Yue, who was not favored before the game, passed smoothly and ended the six-game losing streak in one fell swoop.
After tearing off the embarrassing losing streak label on her body, Yuan Yue's performance against Birrell did not disappoint, and she achieved double revenge: avenging Wang Xinyu who folded in the hands of Birrell in the first round, and avenging the success of being given a round by her in Austin this year.
Just when everyone was happy that Yuan Yue had won two consecutive victories from six consecutive defeats, Xiao Yueyue was competing with Belgian star Mertens for a ticket to the semifinals, but was hit hard by her opponent and knocked out of the semifinals.
Before this focus battle started, in fact, everyone was quite confident in Yuan Yue, because in the battle two years ago, Xiao Yueyue had defeated Mertens.
Although two years have passed since this incident, it seems that it has little reference value for this fight in 's-Hertogenbosch, but everyone still believes that this will help Yuan Yue, who is currently confident and morale, and will make Xiao Yueyue believe that since he was able to defeat such a strong enemy before, he now also hopes to have the last laugh.
Unexpectedly, against Mertens this time, Yuan Yue was in a very bad state from the beginning of the first set, and the first-serve scoring rate of less than 40% naturally made it difficult for her to compete with a master like Mertens, and she was directly pressed to the ground by the Belgian star and rubbed on the ground, and swallowed the egg to win the first set by losing six games in a row.
In the second set, after Yuan Yue improved his state, although he fought back when he was broken at the beginning, he overtook the score and reversed the decline and grasped the initiative of the game, but in the end, because of his too many mistakes, he buried the good situation in his hand, and was finally taken away by Mertens 6-4 to win the whole game.
Although Yuan Yue missed the semi-finals, she was able to reach the quarterfinals in this grass court event, and she has already made a major breakthrough in her career on grass.
Moreover, when Yuan Yue appeared in 's-Hertogenbosch, she could not qualify for the main competition because of her ranking, and her performance in the qualifying round was not good and she did not succeed in breaking through, and finally entered the main competition thanks to someone retiring. Some people say that from a lucky loser to a historic quarter-finals in the grass court event, Yuan Yue has earned it, even if she loses to Mertens in the end, Xiao Yueyue can leave with a smile. It's just that the only fly in the ointment is that Zheng Qinwen advanced to the semi-finals in the Queen's Cup, but she was blocked out of the semi-finals, and the two golden flowers failed to continue to go hand in hand this week, which is a little regrettable.
After Yuan Yue lost, she thought that Xiao Yueyue's first grass court event of the year would be turned over like this, but she didn't expect that she was reprimanded by her opponent after the victory in 's-Hertogenbosch was picked up by fans and netizens, and the inside story made many people even more uneasy!
This happened in Yuan Yue's second round against Birrell!
At that time, after seeing Yuan Yue win and advance to the quarterfinals, after making a major breakthrough in the grass court event and winning the first quarterfinals in the new season, everyone in the live broadcast room was happy for Xiao Yueyue.
Unexpectedly, when the two shook hands after the game, Yuan Yue, who had been smiling on his face before, suddenly disappeared with a smile. It turned out that Birrell was dissatisfied with Yuan Yue's celebration and shouting during the game, and he spoke violently to Xiao Yueyue, especially emphasizing that the shouting affected his performance, which made Yuan Yue's expression change greatly in an instant.
After this incident was disclosed to the public, public opinion was in an uproar!
Many people said when they were hugging Yuan Yue that the screams made by the players in the game were within the allowable range of the rules, and Birrell focused on this matter, but he couldn't afford to lose.
Some people even bluntly said that Birrell had played against Chinese players before and had maintained a nine-game winning streak, and now this record was broken by Yuan Yue, and it is estimated that he was extremely unhappy, so he wanted to vent his heart, "For this kind of person who can't afford to lose, if I were Xiao Yueyue, she would be directly angry and embarrassed, so that she can relieve her anger." ”
However, Yuan Yue is still quite cultivated, and her face was calm afterwards, and she was also praised by many people for having a pattern, with a ladylike and general demeanor!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)