Joanna Galen and Yang Yayi swept their opponents and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles tennis at the Nagoya Asian Games

Grant Joanna. (File photo, Reuters)

[Reporter Lu Yangxuan/Comprehensive Report] The Nagoya Asian Games tennis event debuted at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya City today. Taiwanese women's singles players have reported good news one after another. First sister Joanna Galen and Yang Yayi, who made her debut at the Asian Games, both defeated their opponents 6:0 and both received tickets for the top 16.

The 25-year-old Galen Joanna stopped in the top 16 of the last Asian Games in Hangzhou and is currently ranked 168th in the world in women's singles. She performed well in the WTA 500-level Singapore Women's Tennis Championships this week, especially in the singles with three consecutive wins since the tournament. She was awarded the 8th seed in the women's singles at this Asian Games. Now she faced Martaa Chogsomjav, a 19-year-old young opponent from Mongolia who has no world ranking. She performed stably. He kept his opponent scoreless and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles. In the next round, he will face 20-year-old Iranian young player Mandegar Farzami.

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The 22-year-old Yang Yayi is a silver medalist in women's singles at the Chengdu Universiade. She is currently ranked 487th in the women's singles world. Today, she faced Meydiana Reinnamah, a 21-year-old Indonesian player who is not ranked in the world. She did not encounter many difficulties despite a gap in strength. She broke the opponent's serve 6 times and easily passed the test in just 43 minutes.

However, Yang Yayi will have a tough battle in the next round. Her opponent in the top 16 will be the 31-year-old Kazakh star Yulia Putintseva, who transferred from Russia. She also defeated Pakistani player Ushna Suhail 6:1, 6:0 in the first round.