BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) — Here are the newest Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. China’s Wang Xiyu reaches French Open final 16 for first time
China’s Wang Xiyu superior to the final 16 of the French Open girls’s singles for the primary time in her profession with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva on May 29.
The 25-year-old Wang is the one participant from China to succeed in the third spherical of the singles principal draw at this yr’s French Open.
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen suffered a shock first-round exit, falling 6-4, 6-0 to Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska.
Zheng, who had reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros final yr, struggled to search out her rhythm towards the world No. 114 and was unable to recuperate after a late collapse within the opening set.
The defeat marks the earliest French Open exit of Zheng’s profession. The 23-year-old has now competed at Roland Garros 5 occasions, and that is the primary time she has did not advance past the opening spherical.
2. tenth China-Russia Youth Games opens in Russia’s Kaliningrad
The tenth China-Russia Youth Games opened on May 25 in Svetlogorsk, a coastal metropolis in Russia’s Kaliningrad area on the Baltic Sea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin despatched a congratulatory message to mark the opening of the Games.
The inaugural China-Russia Summer Youth Games was held in Tianjin in 2006. Since then, the occasion has been staged in Chinese cities together with Beijing and Shanghai, in addition to Russian cities similar to Moscow and Penza.
Held throughout a number of cities in Kaliningrad, the tenth China-Russia Youth Games runs via May 31.
3. Shanghai edges Zhejiang to take 2-0 lead in CBA Finals
Brandon Goodwin scored a buzzer-beater to assist the Shanghai Sharks edge the Zhejiang Lions 91-88 at residence on May 28 to take a 2-0 lead within the 2025-26 Chinese Basketball Association best-of-seven finals.
Despite a career-high 50-point explosion from Zhejiang’s Barry Brown, his record-breaking night time was in the end spoiled by former NBA guard Goodwin, whose three-pointer lifted Shanghai to victory.
Shanghai had a 101-90 residence win in Game 1 on May 26. The subsequent two video games might be held on Zhejiang’s residence court docket on May 31 and June 2, respectively.
4. Chinese guard Wang Siyu joins Australia’s Southside Melbourne Flyers
China nationwide crew guard Wang Siyu has signed with Australia’s Southside Melbourne Flyers for the 2026-27 Women’s National Basketball League season, the membership stated on May 28, pending league approval.
Wang, often called “Rainy,” is one in every of “Asia’s premier basketball talents” and a two-time Olympian, having represented China on the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Games. She was additionally instrumental in China’s runner-up end on the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, stated a WNBL assertion.
Wang is predicted to characterize China on the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup in September.
5. China claims three titles at Malaysia Masters
China wrapped up the 2026 Malaysia Masters with titles in males’s singles, girls’s doubles and blended doubles on May 24.
Li Shifeng delivered a composed efficiency within the males’s singles closing, defeating Thailand’s Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul 21-16, 21-17 to safe the title.
In girls’s doubles, Chen Fanshutian and Luo Xumin edged Japan’s Sayaka Hirota and Ayako Sakuramoto 21-16, 25-23 in a tightly contested closing.
Mixed doubles pair Gao Jiaxuan and Wei Yaxin additionally lifted the trophy after overcoming Thailand’s Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21-13, 15-21, 21-11.