In the blink of an eye, the 2017 Zhuhai Open Tennis Championships has come to an end. On the weekend, the Hengqin International Tennis Center was bustling with fans, who came from all over the world to see the pinnacle duel between the four masters.

Zheng Saisai is the only Chinese player to survive in the singles, so this women's singles final is also particularly interesting. Both in terms of age and the form she has since last year, she shares many similarities with her opponent today, Alerkova from the Czech Republic.

In the 2016 season, Zheng Saisai failed to maintain a high winning streak in the tournament, but the highlight performances of defeating former world No. 1 Kerber, Canada star Bouchard, former Wimbledon runner-up A· Radwanska and Olympic champion Puig also showed everyone her potential to break through, and with good performances in multiple tournaments, she broke her personal singles ranking in August last year to reach 60th. But this year, Zheng Saisai suddenly fell into a slump at the beginning of the year, and his best result was only the round of 32 in Dubai.

Alertova is in the same situation as Zheng Saisai, a girl a year older than Zheng Saisai, who also played the best record of her career last year, Svitolina, Siniakova, Kasatkina and others were all defeated by her men, and she even gave Serbia beauty Ivanovic the last defeat of her career at the US Open, and the world ranking once reached 55th. So far this year, aside from this week's Zhuhai Open, Alertova has won just one singles win at the WTA St. Petersburg and dropped out of the top 100.

This week, both men gave up on the Spring North American Championship in an attempt to regain their touch and confidence at the ITF, so it was a turning point regardless of who won the championship. In this way, the spectators will also benefit, and both players will give it their all in order to compete for this colourful trophy.

The last time Zheng Saisai and Alertova faced each other across the net was back 6 years ago. It was in Australia at the time, and Alertova retired due to injury after only two games, and Zheng Saisai was guaranteed to advance directly. When they met again today, Alertova was clearly full of revenge, and although she still couldn't shake off yesterday's slow heat, she gradually increased her aggression as she slowly moved her body away, and after falling behind 0-3, she won the first set in six games in a row.

In the second set, Zheng Saisai did not give up when the two sides were in a stalemate, and after winning three points in a row, Alertova began to become impatient, Zheng Saisai seized the opportunity and broke the tie to equalize the set. In the deciding set, the two sides fell into a break battle from the middle of the middle, and in the end, Alertova won 6-3 2-6 6-4 on aggregate with one more break chance, and Zheng Saisai was unfortunately the runner-up.

The men's singles final is a strong conversation not to be missed, on the one hand, the "Federer killer" Donskoy, who became famous in Dubai last week, and on the other hand, last year's defending champion Fabiano, two players who have been hot recently, used a fierce match to make a perfect end to this year's Zhuhai Open.

After knocking out Federer in Dubai, Russia Donskoy, who had been unknown before, instantly became the favorite to win the Zhuhai Open. And his performance along the way did not live up to the expectations of the fans, although the first round of the three sets was suspected of passing, but the audience also witnessed the tenacious spirit of the "fighting nation" players, as well as his own reversal skills. After that, Donskoy did not make the fans jump again, and after three straight sets of sweeps, he successfully advanced to the final.

Defending champion Fabiano had a smoother path to the finals, sweeping in both sets before the final and even allowing his opponent to win a maximum of three games in the second round and quarter-finals. After finishing runner-up in doubles, his desire to defend his title in singles has intensified.

However, sometimes desire can turn into a shackle to let go, and in today's match, Fabiano lost the sharpness of the previous rounds, while Donskoy maintained his attacking dominance, winning the first set 6-3 after one more break game from Fabiano. In the second set, Fabiano, who was under psychological pressure, played even more restrained, and after Donskoy broke first, he could not even force a break point from his opponent, and finally Donskoy maintained his break advantage in the set, sealed the victory 6-4, and won his first Challenger Men's Singles title in the 2017 season.

He Qingming, Deputy Secretary-General of Zhuhai Municipal Government (second from right)

Chen Yu, Vice President of Zhuhai Huafa Modern Service Investment Holding Co., Ltd. (first from left)

ATP Referee Mr. Rogerio Santos (1st from right)

Awards were presented to the men's singles champions and runners-up

（Text/Editor Kaylie）