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the first day of competition of the 2024 wta1000 china open ended. the three chinese players achieved a good record of 2 wins and 1 loss. olympic mixed doubles silver medalist wang xinyu and us open women's doubles runner-up zhang shuai both won. zhang shuai ended her 24-game losing streak. wang qiang, who participated in the competition with a wild card, lost after a hard fight of 3 sets.

wang qiang has reached the semi-finals of the china open and is an experienced veteran. this season, wang qiang chose to return and obtained a wild card for the china open. her first round opponent was parks, who broke through the qualifying round. in the end, she was reversed by her opponent after losing the first set, losing 6-1/4-6/2-6 and failing to advance. in the third set, wang qiang's physical fitness was not good enough to withstand the opponent's counterattack.

for wang qiang, it is a lucky thing to be able to participate in the china open with a wild card. wang qiang played with a smile throughout the game, and her boyfriend zhang hao also sat in the family area to cheer for her. it can be seen that the "beautiful face" wang qiang is still enjoying this china open trip. another 35-year-old veteran zhang shuai couldn't suppress her inner joy after winning the game and burst into tears of joy.

the reason why she cried was because zhang shuai ended the embarrassing record of 24 consecutive losses. since her comeback, zhang shuai has experienced an unimaginable 24 consecutive losses in singles. fans have advised her to give up singles and focus on doubles. however, when facing american player kessler this time, she successfully won after two tiebreaks.

after the game, zhang shuai said: "i will work hard little by little to get my ranking back! i haven't returned to china to compete for five years. this victory means a lot to me. my first wta victory was at the 2009 china open." 15 years ago, zhang shuai defeated the then world no. 2 and russian star safina at the china open, making fans remember her name; 15 years later, zhang shuai experienced setbacks, but did not give up her tennis dream, and finally "won" again in her lucky place.

with zhang shuai's promotion and wang qiang's elimination, the so-called "rose-in-the-drink" law among fans has also become invalid. the so-called "rose-in-the-drink" law means that zhang shuai and wang qiang advance and retreat together. generally speaking, as long as zhang shuai advances, wang qiang will follow closely; if zhang shuai is eliminated, wang qiang will also be eliminated. the two players' similar game results also made this law appear among fans.

according to the bonus distribution rules of the china open, the first round will receive 23,250 us dollars and the second round will receive 34,500 us dollars, so the final bonus for 2 wins and 1 loss on the first day is 92,250 us dollars, which is equivalent to 650,000 yuan. if zhang shuai and wang xinyu can go one step further, they will receive a bonus of 59,100 us dollars. on the second day of china open, wang xiyu and wang yafan led 7 young players to strive for 9 wins. if they can win all of them, the bonus will reach 2.18 million.