Zhan Haoqing/Wu Fangxian won the WTA Seoul doubles championship and reunited to win the second championship

Zhan Haoqing (from right) and Wu Fangxian. (Provided by Zhan Haoqing)

[Reporter Liang Weiming/Comprehensive Report] The Seoul Women's Tennis Doubles staged the "Taiwan Decisive Battle". The top seeds Zhan Haoqing/Wu Fangxian were superior, defeating the upset Li Yaxin/China Ye Qiuyu 6:2, 6:3. The "Zhan and Wu Pei" won the second WTA professional tour title in three years together, and also added confidence to the Nagoya Asian Games.

Zhan Haoqing/Wu Fangxian once again regrouped and warmed up in the WTA 250 professional competition in the capital of South Korea. They regained their old tacit understanding through battles. They won 3 consecutive games without losing a set and advanced to the final. On Sunday, they faced the dark horse combination of Li Yaxin who made it to the WTA finale for the first time. The two sides started. The game was a battle of mutual defeats. The experienced "Zhan Wu Pei" took the lead in the set and won three consecutive games at 3:2, taking advantage of the trend to win the set. In the second set, the Xiao Zhan combination pursued the victory and took a 4:1 lead. At the end of the set, they blocked the opponent's counterattack and spent 1 hour and 25 minutes qualifying.

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This is the 23rd career WTA championship for Zhan Haoqing and Wu Fangxian's 4th WTA tour championship. It is also the second time that the two have won the championship together in Hua Hin in 2023, which will bring benefits to the next Asian Games. "Zhan Wupei" is the fifth seed in the women's doubles in Nagoya, and directly advanced to the top 16 with a bye in the first round; Xiao Zhan also teamed up with Taiwan's "men's doubles brother" He Chengrui, won the first seed in the mixed doubles, and was also parachuted into the top 16.