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Yang Zhaoxuan
1995Feb, 11

Yang Zhaoxuan

Yang Zhaoxuan, Chinese tennis player
Yang Zhaoxuan (Chinese: 杨钊煊; pinyin: Yáng Zhāoxuān; Mandarin pronunciation: [jǎŋ ʈʂáu ɕɥɛ́n]; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player.

Yang has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA Challenger doubles title, as well as three singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On 13 August 2018, she peaked at No. 20 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova.

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  • 16Mar

    Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

    Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
  • 20Mar

    Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

    The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 12 and wounding over 1,300 people.
  • 5Aug

    Operation Storm

    Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
  • 19Sep

    Unabomber

    The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
  • 30Oct

    Quebec referendum, 1995

    Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.