(Central News Agency reporter Li Jianzhong, Taipei, 12th) In the WTT Amman Billiards Challenge, Taiwanese player Zheng Yijing and rookie Li Yuzhun met the French team Pavard and Luz in the women’s doubles final today. Fortunately, Zheng Yijing and Li Yuzhun resolved 2 final points. , 7 to 11, 11 to 6, 9 to 11, 12 to 10, 11 to 3 to reverse the gold.
Zheng Yijing, ranked No. 31 in the women’s singles world, has partnered with rookie Li Yuzhun since the end of last year in the women’s doubles. Today’s championship wins the gold. It is Zheng Yijing who won the Doha Challenge mixed doubles with Lin Yunru on March 24 last year. After the gold medal, it took nearly a year before he won the international championship again.
Despite the presence of the big sister Zheng Yijing, Li Yuzhun still made many mistakes in the first three rounds. In addition to the French team, the 18-year-old Prithika Pavade and the 20-year-old Camille Lutz had no pressure all the way. Fighting and fighting created many scoring opportunities. The Taiwan team fell behind 1-2 in the first 3 rounds.
In the 4th game, the French team once led 9-5, but the Taiwanese team scored 3 points in a row to catch up. At this time, the French team called a timeout and scored 1 point. They scored 2 match points 10-8, but Zheng Yijing, Li Yuzhun did not give up, and scored 4 points in a row to stage a major reversal. In particular, Zheng Yijing’s forehand smashes in the front and back many times made the opponent hard to defend and successfully won the crucial fourth round.
Zheng Yijing and Li Yuzhun, who had already played aggressively, pulled out a 9-1 offensive at the start of the 5th game of the decisive game, bringing the game to an early end. Although the opponents tried hard to chase points, the Taiwanese team successfully accepted the 5th game and won the game.
For the Tokyo Olympics, Zheng Yijing has been concentrating on pairing mixed doubles with Lin Yunru since 2019. The last time she won the international women’s doubles championship was the 2016 Swedish Open.
After going through the low tide in the second half of last year, Zheng Yijing said happily: “I am slowly coming out now, and I feel that everything is going in the right direction. I am very relieved and happy to win this championship.” (Editor: Li Hengshan) 1120212