China Wins Wheelchair Tennis World Cup Championship Ends World No. 1 145 Successive Wins

On May 12, Beijing time, in the 2024 Women's Wheelchair Tennis World Cup final, the Chinese team, composed of Zhu Zhenzhen, Wang Ziying, Li Xiaohui and Guo Luoyao, swept the Netherlands 2-0 with a big score, winning the first wheelchair tennis World Cup championship since 2017.

The 2024 Wheelchair Tennis Team World Cup will be held in Antalya, Turkey (outdoor laterite) from May 7 to 12 local time. The event is divided into four events: men's team, women's team, Quad and men's youth group. The Chinese team, composed of Zhu Zhenzhen, Wang Ziying, Li Xiaohui and Guo Luoyao, participated in the women's team competition.

A total of 12 teams participated in the Women's League competition, which was divided into two stages: group competition and ranking competition. In the group stage, China, Germany and Japan were in the second group with the same score. As a result, China beat Germany and Japan 3-0 with two big scores, winning the first place in the group and ranking the first to fourth.

In the semifinals of the women's team, China played South Africa. As a result, China defeated South Africa 2-0 to reach the final. In the other semi-final, the Netherlands defeated France 3-0 to reach the final. In the final of the women's team, the Chinese team swept the Netherlands, the women's wheelchair tennis champion, 2-0 with a big score, and won the championship of the event for the second time after seven years.

In 2017, the Chinese team won the championship in the wheelchair tennis team World Cup held in Alguero, Sardinia, Italy, becoming the fourth team to win the championship in this event after the Netherlands, the United States and Australia.

This time, the Chinese team not only defeated the "eight champion" Netherlands team, but also Li Xiaohui defeated the Dutch wheelchair tennis queen and the powerful world's first De Groot (21 Grand Slam champions, including 14 consecutive Grand Slam titles from the US Open in 2020 to the Australian Open in 2024, and three consecutive annual Grand Slam titles) in the second match, Ending its 145 consecutive women's singles wins (the first loss in three years)!

(Qingling)