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the first round of the 2024 us open has ended. only zheng qinwen, wang yafan and wang xinyu from the women's singles advanced, while shang juncheng from the men's singles broke through. the other seven chinese players were all eliminated in the first round.

in the early morning of august 29th, beijing time, the us open singles entered the second round. zheng qinwen and wang yafan appeared one after another. zheng qinwen's opponent was erica andreeva, and wang yafan's opponent was parry. the two joined hands to impact the third round.

zheng qinwen vs. erica andreeva

in the latest world ranking, zheng qinwen ranked 7th and erica andreeva ranked 75th. the two had no record of playing against each other in the past. in the first round, zheng qinwen reversed anisimova 2-1, and erica andreeva eliminated yuan yue 2-0.

in the first set, zheng qinwen was slow to get into the game, especially in first serve success rate and serve return, which were not as good as erica andreeva. while she was able to break serve, she was also broken. the score between the two sides was deadlocked, from 2-2 to 4-4, and then to 6-6. in the final tie-break, zheng qinwen did not play well and lost 3-7, falling behind 0-1 in the total score.

in the second set, zheng qinwen found his best form. not only did he keep all his serve games, he also broke erica andreeva's serve twice, easily winning with a score of 6-1 and dragging the game into the deciding set.

in the last set, zheng qinwen continued his strong performance in the second set. while holding his own serve, he also successfully broke twice and won again with a score of 6-2. he reversed the total score to 2-1 and reached at least the third round for three consecutive years, which is the top 32 stage of the us open.

wang yafan vs parry

in the latest world rankings, wang yafan ranked 80th and parry ranked 58th. this was also the first time for the two to meet. in the first round, wang yafan received a gift from no. 9 seed sakkari to retire after winning the first set, and parry eliminated wang xiyu 2-0.

compared to zheng qinwen's habitual slow start, wang yafan was in a hot state in the first set against parry, and won easily with a score of 6-0, leaving her opponent unable to fight back.

entering the second set, wang yafan played very fiercely with parry. after struggling to grasp her serve in the tenth game, she won with a score of 6-4, eliminated parry with a total score of 2-0, and advanced to the third round with zheng qinwen.

according to the us open rules, singles players who advance to the third round will receive a prize of us$215,000 (approximately rmb 1.54 million). the prize money for each subsequent round will increase, and the highest prize for winning the championship is as high as us$3.6 million (approximately rmb 25.72 million).