BILLIE JEAN KING CUP: ITALY VS CHINA

September 17, 2025

Feng Liu

Wang Xinyu

Team China

Quarter-Final Press Conference

J. PAOLINI/Wang Xinyu

4-6, 7-6, 6-4

Team Italy - 2

Team China - 0

THE MODERATOR: Bad luck today. Could you please share your thoughts on these two ties, Captain.

CAPTAIN FENG LIU: (Through translation.) I think today we have many chances, however we didn't turn them into reality. However, I believe that our players have done their best and we can learn from this experience. We hope that we can have different results in future matches.

THE MODERATOR: Wang, would you like to share your thoughts?

WANG XINYU: I mean, that was a tough loss. Obviously I'm disappointed that, yeah, I didn't get the win for China, for our team. Yeah, I mean, I had my chances. It was tough opponent. Jasmine, she started playing better and better in the end.

Yeah, overall I think I'm happy with how I fight today, yeah, how I stayed aggressive, how I stayed with my game on court.

Yeah, I will try to take the positive from today and go from there.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. What are the positives that you think you'll take from today?

WANG XINYU: Well, I think I was playing some good tennis today. It was just few games, you know, few points I could have done maybe something else, I could have done better.

But I think overall, like, I was dominating most of the time. I was really happy with how I played on court today. Yeah, I think I enjoyed that match like at home, all the fans. They were staying up so late for us. I really enjoyed the crowd, enjoyed the energy.

Yeah, those are the positives to take.

Q. On the crowd, can you sum up what it felt like to walk out onto the court, for it to be in your home?

WANG XINYU: Yeah, I definitely felt the special welcome for me, the local girl, yeah. I want to say thank you for everyone who showed up today.

Yeah, it was great, like, hearing all the stadium cheering for us. Yeah, just looking forward for the next time that I can play here at home.