Wang Qiangli Kleinette made her first WTA final

Wang Qiangli Kleinette made her first WTA final

On July 28th, the first round of the women's singles semi-finals at Jiangwang kicked off at 17:00, with second seed Wang Qiang vs third seed Rinette. The two had played three times before, and Wang Qiang never won. However, in this game, Wang Qiang defeated Rinette for the first time in two straight sets, 7-5/6-2, and advanced to the final tomorrow night. This is 26 year old Wang Qiang's first time entering the finals of the WTA Tour.

In the first game, Nate served and Wang Qiang got two early break points, but then made mistakes and failed to break. Subsequently, Wang Qiang served the ball, and both sides were evenly divided and entangled multiple times. Finally, with Wang Qiang taking the lead, Rinette returned the ball and went out of bounds, and Wang Qiang took risks to secure the serve. In the fourth inning, Wang Qiang blasted the ACE ball to serve and cheer the entire court up. But in the sixth inning, Wang Qiang made a double error and gave this inning to Rinette. The two of them performed equally in the first six innings, with a score of 3-3.

Subsequently, Wang Qiang's forehand attack had a fantastic feel, and the difference in points was reduced to 5-3 in the next two innings. At the critical moment, Rinette used cutting to shorten the game and hit a touchdown ball when Wang Qiang took the lead to equalize the score: 5-5. In the crucial 11th inning, with a small score of 30-30, Lynette returned a ball that crossed the boundary and sent a ball. The game once again reached the count, and Wang Qiang seized the opportunity to use the high-quality return from the baseline to suppress it, starting the next set with a score of 7-5. In this game, Wang Qiang scored 88% in the first round and 50% in the second round, marking his strongest set since the start of the game.

In the second set, both sides improved their service quality. In the first four innings, their respective service innings were successfully saved. In the fifth inning, Nett served but made a double error. Wang Qiang broke his serve and then served again, leading Nett 4-2. Subsequently, Wang Qiang continued his previous good form and launched a strong attack, completely ignoring the opponent's serve and breaking the serve twice. In the 8th inning, with a small score of 40-30 li, Nate made a mistake in returning the ball and surrendered the set 2-6. At this point, Wang Qiang entered the final with a total score of 2-0, and the entire game took 1 hour and 38 minutes.

At the post match press conference, Wang Qiang appeared in a good mood: "Coach Zeng and my previous foreign coach have the same training philosophy, and I am very grateful for the national team lending him to me for training." Speaking of her feelings when she first entered the WTA finals, she was quite calm, I haven't won against her before. Today, when I played against her, I mainly focused on playing the game without any distractions. Today, I had a high execution rate, and I did a good job in serving and baseline skills. "When asked about tomorrow's Golden Flower showdown, Wang Qiang replied seriously," I won't consider who she is, I will only treat her as an opponent and play the game with a positive attitude.

On July 29th at 17:00, Wang Qiang will compete with sixth seeded Zheng Sai for the women's singles championship of this year at the central stadium of the National Tennis Stadium.