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Zheng/Yan take women's doubles tennis title
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-12-15 08:43
China's Zheng Jie (L) and Yan Zi hug as they celebrate after beating
Chinese Taipei to win the women's doubles tennis final at the 15th Asian
Games in Doha December 14, 2006. [Xinhua]
China's top seeds Zheng Jie and Yan Zi beat off a strong comeback from
Chinese Taipei's fourth seeds Chan Yung Jan and Chuang Chia Jung to win
the women's doubles tennis title at the Doha Asian Games here on Thursday.
The Chinese duo needed only one hour and 30 minutes to thrash the Chinese
Taipei pair 6-1, 7-6 (5) to bring the second gold medal for China in the
Asiad tennis tournament.
Zheng Jie also won the women's singles title on Wednesday, beating
India's Sania Mirza in the final.
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"In the second set, our opponents played very well. They were a real
threat to us. This is a final match so we were a little bit nervous, but
we were able to keep up," said Yan Zi, who is ranked fourth in the world
in the women's doubles.
"Whenever an opportunity came, we tried to seize it, but sometimes we
played impatiently. We just tried to keep the score tight and never
really thought about the gold medal," she added.
Australian Open and Wimbledon winners Zheng and Yan had three breaks in a
row to take the first set 6-1 and then combated off a 0-3 deficit in the
second and held on to force a tie break, where the Chinese finished with
7-5.
"We trained very hard so we were well-prepared. We are very happy to win
the gold medal as it is my first Asian Games gold medal. We will try to
keep the form and achieve the good results next year," said Yan.
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