No one expected that on the day of the Goddess Day, Wang Xinyu brought a surprise to all Chinese fans! In this duel with the No. 26 seed Ostapenko, Wang Xinyu finally defeated her opponent 6-4, which was also her first victory in the TOP30 this year!

In the new season, Wang Xinyu was not in good shape, suffered a round of travel in many tournaments, and it was very difficult to even win consecutive victories before coming to Indian Wells. After beating qualifier Sheriff in the first round, many fans are worried about the Chinese girl again, and what are the chances of the Chinese girl in the face of her second-round opponent and former French Open champion Ostapenko? Judging from the past head-to-head records, the two sides have played each other once in the past, when Wang Xinyu lost 0-2. Therefore, before the game, the outside world was almost all optimistic about Ostapenko, and her odds were as high as 1.4, while Wang Xinyu was only 3.0.

After the start of the match, Wang Xinyu fell into a 0-2 deficit in the first set, but at this time she was not intimidated by the momentum of her opponent, and stubbornly tied the score and overtook it. Wang Xinyu won the match despite a lot of double faults in the first set, and it can only be said that Ostapenko's form is really bad enough for this match.

In the second set, Wang Xinyu broke serve at the beginning, leading 2-0 after holding serve, and in the eighth game, Ostapenko began to counterattack, Wang Xinyu fell behind 15-40 in the eighth game, and Ostapenko, who had rebounded momentum, ushered in a break point. However, at this time, Wang Xinyu did not mess up, scored directly on 4 consecutive first serves, and hit aces twice to help her regain her momentum. At the end of the set, although Ostapenko also successfully held serve in the ninth game, in the tenth game, Wang Xinyu did not give Ostapenko a chance and won it smoothly.

In the 87 minutes of the match, Wang Xinyu served seven aces and six double faults, won 76% of her first serves, saved three of her four break points, and cashed in three of her four break chances in the return game.

After this match, the Indian Wells race also became one of the blessed places for Wang Xinyu, becoming her 1000 tournament with the most wins, with a total of 5 victories here. In Miami and Wuhan, Wang Xinyu both won 4 games. In this regard, some netizens couldn't help but joke, "No one is optimistic about you, but you are the most competitive!" ”

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after advancing to the third round of the women's singles at the Indian Wells tennis tournament, Wang Xinyu's championship ranking came to China's NO.1! Among them, Wang Xinyu 219 points, Yuan Yue 113 points, Gao Xinyu 110 points, Zheng Qinwen 100 points, Zhang Shuai 91 points, Wang Xiyu 90 points! At present, although Wang Xinyu is only ranked 39th in the world, judging from this year's performance, Wang Xinyu is definitely "China's first sister", which also sounded the alarm for Zheng Qinwen to a certain extent.

According to the draw table, Wang Xinyu's next round opponent is likely to be the number one loyal maid of the Chinese girl, the beautiful and kind-hearted "rich girl" - Pegula. It is worth mentioning that the two have played each other twice in 2024, and Wang Xinyu has won all of them, so the chances of winning the next round are still quite good.

In this regard, some netizens said, "This year, Pegula first invited two Chinese players to take a private jet, and then trained with Zheng Qinwen after coming to IW. I also hope that the next round of American girls with beautiful hearts and kindnesses can continue to surprise us! ”(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)