On January 18th, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open continued. In a focus match of the first round of women's doubles, the Chinese pair Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai saved match points to defeat the cross-border pairing of Wang Xiuyu and Putinceva. During the game, Wang Xinyu's high looks and sweet smile left a deep impression on the fans.
Although the draw for the women's singles was not good and she drew the fifth seed Badosa in the first round, Wang Xinyu still had a chance to win. Her wonderful offense made the audience at the Australian Open exclaim continuously. Unfortunately, due to too many unforced errors, Wang Xinyu missed the victory. After being eliminated from the women's singles, Wang Xinyu devoted all her energy to the doubles court. She and Zheng Saisai's combination once trailed 2-5 in the decisive set under an unfavorable situation, but they fought back tenaciously, saved match points, and won five consecutive games to advance to the second round of the women's doubles. After successfully advancing, Wang Xinyu is expected to continue challenging and impacting her second Grand Slam doubles championship trophy.
The 23-year-old Wang Xinyu was born into a sports family. Her father is Wang Peng, the former coach of the Chinese national tennis team, and her mother is a basketball player. Inheriting her parents' excellent athletic genes, Wang Xinyu stands at 1.82 meters tall, with solid fundamentals and no weaknesses in forehand or backhand. Wang Xinyu became famous at a young age. She is the first post-00s Chinese tennis player to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam, and has also won two Grand Slam junior women's doubles championship trophies. In her second year on the professional tour, Wang Xinyu brought surprises. In the WTA Shenzhen station match against Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, she once used sharp attacks to make her opponent helpless. Although she had to retire due to an unexpected injury after winning the first set, Wang Xinyu's talent earned praise from Sharapova, who said, "If you keep playing like this, you will become world number one, I guarantee it."
Wang Xinyu has also fulfilled her talent with breakthrough after breakthrough. At the 2023 French Open, Wang Xinyu partnered with Taiwanese veteran Hsieh Su-wei to win the women's doubles championship, becoming the sixth Grand Slam champion from mainland China. Afterwards, Wang Xinyu reached the women's singles last 16 at the US Open and Wimbledon, creating her best record in Grand Slam women's singles events. At the Paris Olympics, Wang Xinyu, who temporarily replaced Zheng Qinwen in the mixed doubles, won the silver medal in tennis mixed doubles with Zhang Zhizhen, making history. As the most beautiful current active player in Chinese tennis, Wang Xinyu's future deserves greater expectations.