zhang shuai and wang xinyu advanced together in the first round of china open women's singles
2024-09-27
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on september 25, the 2024 china tennis open began the competition for the first round of the women's singles main draw. two chinese players zhang shuai and wang xinyu advanced together. wang qiang, the top four women's singles player in the 2018 tournament, was unfortunately eliminated.
as the mixed doubles silver medalist at the paris olympics, wang xinyu was the first chinese player to appear in the main draw of this year's china open. her first-round opponent was changed from anisimova to japanese player and lucky loser shinyu hondama. in the end, wang xinyu only it took 70 minutes to defeat the opponent 6-1, 6-3 and get off to a strong start. in the second round, wang xinyu will face no. 32 seed kudermetova.
zhang shuai, who appeared next, faced american player kessler. although she wasted a service game and a match point in the second set, she still won the tiebreaker 7-6 (5), 7-7. 6(1) won the game, ending a 24-year losing streak across the new year. zhang shuai looked very excited after the game, "today i ended my losing streak in front of everyone. thank you to every friend present for giving me super energy and allowing me to persist in winning this game. it is of great significance."
zhang shuai also specifically mentioned his deep friendship with the china open, "15 years ago, i won my first wta tour match at the china open. i think an important reason why i haven't won is that i have to wait until i win at this station. let’s compete and win on this court.” in 2009, zhang shuai, who was only 20 years old, became famous after defeating the then world number one safina at the china open. now, at the age of 35, she still persists because of her love. in the next round, zhang shuai will face navarro, the no. 6 seed and this year's us open semi-finalist.
