In the 5th round of the 2022 Confederations Cup Sub-Region, the Chinese team hid the number one main player Wang Qiang, with the 24-year-old Yuan Yue two 7-6 thrilling victories, after which Zhu Lin and Yang Zhaoxuan / Xu Yipan both lost in 2 sets, and finally encountered the Japanese team reversed, with 4 wins and 1 losses together with the Japanese team to participate in the World Group play-off in November this year.
2-0 (7-6/7-6) Yuki Naito
Yuan Yue is the No. 6 player in the Chinese women's tennis, second only to Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen, Wang Qiang, Wang Xinyu and Zhu Lin in the world rankings, she has made four appearances in the previous four rounds of matches, and won the singles and doubles in the last round against Indonesia, only the second round against India did not play. Both sides have qualified early in this game, without any pressure, and played easily.
In the first set of the game Naito Yuki preemptively, in the first 3 serves of the two sides, the Japanese youngster who took the lead in serving broke out in 2 innings, Yuan Yue's 4th set was broken by the opponent 1-3 behind, the subsequent game was the result of both sides were saved, the game progressed to the 9th set Naito Yuki 5-3 to win the set, unwilling to give up Yuan Yue broke the hand, and difficult to drag the game to grab seven sets, the more courageous Yuan Yue won the seven sets 7-3. In the second set, Yuan Yue was worse than the start of the previous set, the first 3 sets of 2 serves were all broken by Naito Yuki, 0-3 behind Yuan Yue began to rise after the 4th set back to break, Shunshi broke again in the 8th set to take the score 4-4, the two sides in their respective 2 sets after the grab to grab the seventh, this time it was Yuan Yue who laughed to the end, 7-5 to win the double to win the seventh, for the Chinese team to win 1 point first.
Zhu Lin 0-2 (6-7/1-6) Uchishima Mengxia
Zhu Lin was in good shape in the first set, took the lead and broke quickly, took a 3-1 lead, with a 4-2 score was only 2 sets away from this set victory, the opponent broke in the 8th and 10th sets consecutively, the two sides had to enter the seventh, this is the third consecutive seven sets after the start of the game, the first 2 Yuan Yue won, the balance of this victory fell to the Japanese team, Anda Natsu Naijima won 7-5. In the second set, Zhu Lin's mentality was obviously affected by the defeat in the first set, and after each of them saved 1-1, she suddenly lost all of her form and lost the whole game 1-5.
Yipan Xu /Yang Zhaoxuan 0-2 (4-6/3-6) Shuko Aoyama/Shibahara Eying
The third women's doubles showdown between China and Japan is at a world-class level, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan won the WTA 1000 Crown Tournament in Indian Wells last month, the Japanese combination is also a women's doubles expert who has had outstanding results in the top WTA competitions for many years, Shibahara Eicho is ranked 7th in the world, and Shuko Aoyama has participated in the WTA Finals, both of which are experienced players.
In the first set, the two sides successfully played 3-3 in the first 6 sets, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan was broken in the 7th set, but soon broke back in the 8th set, the Japanese combination continued to pressure the break in the 9th set, the Chinese combination failed to continue to break in the 10th set, and the opponent won 6-4 after the save. In the second set, the Japanese duo of Eicho Shibahara/ Shuiko Aoyama broke up and won, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan broke back to 2-2 in the 4th set, but after the 7th set of the Japanese combination broke, it immediately saved 5-3, Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan made a mistake in the 9th set that had to be guaranteed, and was once again broken by the opponent, and finally lost another set 3-6.