Wang Xiyu

In other action, American Aisling Kruger beat China's Changshui 6-3-6 Love in the first round.

Wang Xiyu fell to last year's Wimbledon junior champion Miya Pohankova in the second round.

In Formula 1, Africa will return to the calendar for the first time since 1993 with Rwanda set to host a Grand Prix from the early 2030s under a 10-year deal.

The race will be called African Grand Prix, presented by Visit Rwanda, and held at the second yet-to-be-built alongside a new international airport under construction in Bugastra, about 40 kilometers south of Kigali.

... between Jovic and, um, Kostiuk, 'cause I'm-- You've suddenly got Sakkari and Boshkeva and Pavlyuchenkova and Yastremska and Bouzkova in the mix.

Even Wang Xiyu, who's coming off a great run at the Asian Games winning gold, so it's-

Yeah

... really, really open here.

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Xiyu against Wang Xinyu, and it was a convincing victory for W- Wang Xiyu.

Um, the taller...

Well, I mean, they're about [laughs] the same height actually.

The next sector after that was the women's singles, where an all-Chinese final occurred for the gold final.

There, Xiyu Wang defeated Shuai Zhang.

Shuai Zhang, 6-2, 6-1.

Xiyu was formerly number 49 in 2023, now ranked 85, and she tried to find form after winning the Brescia 125 title several months back.

I understand the concern surrounding her since four years ago.

And then followed by Wang Qiang, who won gold in 2014 and 2018, as well as Qinwen Zheng, who won the gold medal in 2022-2023 at home in Hangzhou.

For the bronze medalists, one, Alexandra Eala from the Philippines, who won the second bronze of the games after winning the mixed doubles bronze medal three years ago with Francis Casey Alcantara, and she got eliminated against Xiyu Wang, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6.

Fair play to Xiyu at that day, but it's still an achievement in itself.

She got to the semifinals.

She was a set up on, on Wang Xiyu, and she lost to Wang Xiyu, which is a massive upset.

Wang Xiyu is not as good a player as Xinyu Wang, who is the better...

Sometimes people confuse their names because there's literally one N in the difference between the names, uh, Xiyu Wang or Xinyu Wang, or I th- I think it's Wang Xi- Wang Xin- Xiyu.

But anyway, A- Alex Ayala lost to her, a massive upset.

She is Filipina.

Um, so which would be Manila.

But, um, she, yeah, she didn't win, and then Wang Xiyu went and beat Xue Zhang in the final at like one and two or something.

A few gold medals and podium finishes slipped, especially after the controversial loss of boxer Carlo Paalam in the men's fifty-five kilograms final, the early exits of jujitsu world champs Kimberly Custodio and Annie Ramirez, and the heartbreaking fourth-place finishes of swimmer Kayla Sanchez.

Alex Eala lost to Wang Xiyu of China in the women's singles semifinals at the 2026 Asian Games, replacing a gold hope for a bronze medal.

Taekwondo jin just Gabriel Derek Yap rose to somehow negate that with a surprise gold.

Yap topped the mixed virtual taekwondo that enabled the Philippines to match its four gold haul from the previous Asiad edition in addition to his individual poomsae bronze.

The esports delegation, who received a special shout-out from the POC president during the send-off ceremony, finished with a bronze in Honor of Kings and Pokémon Unite.

In the tennis event, Alexandra Alex Eala lost some gas at the semifinal round, bowing to Chinese Xiyu Wang, six to three, three to six, two to six, to settle for third place.

Olympian boxer Carlo Paalam was expected to deliver the country's fifth gold on Friday, but he lost by split decision to Japan's Rui Yamaguchi.

In jujitsu, twenty twenty-two Asiad gold medalist Annie Ramirez made an early exit, beaten by Thailand's Nuchanat Singchalad in the women's minus fifty-two kilograms round of sixteen.

Featuring three lanes in each direction and a design speed of eighty kilometers per hour, the tunnel is expected to strengthen Qingdao's cross-bay transport network when completed.

In sports, Chinese tennis player Wang Xiyu beat compatriot Zhang Shuai in straight sets to win the women's singles title at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games.

China has won six straight gold medals in the event at the Games and swept gold and silver for a third consecutive time.

The title also secured Wang a berth for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.