No athlete from the Chinese mainland has ever won a men s singles game at the Wimbledon Championships.
Rising star Zhang Zhizhen came close to pulling that off and his progress has been palpable since hiring Lu Yen-hsun, a retired player from Taiwan island, to join his team.
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Hsieh Su-Wei and Wang Xinyu on Sunday defeated Taylor Townsend and Leylah Fernandez 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 to clinch the women doubles title at French Open 2023.
PARIS Unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Wang Xinyu of China won the French Open women s doubles on Sunday after beating 10th-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Taylor Townsend of the United States 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1.