china open comprehensive: buyunchaoket creates history again, zhang shuai advances to the top 16 of women’s singles
2024-09-30
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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 29 (reporters jiao ziqi and li bowen) on the 29th, the china tennis open continued in beijing. chinese player buyunchaoket continued to make history, defeating no. 6 seed musetti 2:0 to enter the men's singles quarterfinals. china's "golden flower" zhang shuai defeated belgium's mineen 2:0 and advanced to the top 16 of women's singles.
on september 29, buyunchaoket returned the ball during the game. photo by xinhua news agency reporter zhang longbouyunchokte entered the main draw of the china open for the first time in his career as a wild card player this year. against musetti, he hit 5 aces (the serve was scored directly without the opponent touching the ball) and scored five goals. he broke serve for the first time and swept his opponent 6:2, 6:4 to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.
after winning his first victory in the men's association of professional tennis players (atp) 500-level event in the first round, buyunchokert also won his first victory against a top 20 player in the world. he also became the first player since zhang ze in 2012. two chinese tennis association players who broke into the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the china open. talking about continuously creating history at the china open, buyunchaoket said: "it feels very special to participate in the main draw of the china open for the first time. it is not easy to reach the quarterfinals. let's see what happens next."
zhang shuai, who also participated as a wild card, defeated belgian player mineen in straight sets 6:2, 6:3 in the third round of women's singles and advanced to the top 16. zhang shuai said that although he and mineen had never played against each other directly in singles before, the two were actually very good friends off the court. "before, when i was abroad, she would wait for me to finish the match and drive a few more times." take me and the team to the next venue.”
on september 29, zhang shuai (right) and mineen paid tribute after the game. photo by xinhua news agency reporter zhang longthe 35-year-old zhang shuai won many multi-shot rounds in this game. when talking about how to maintain her condition, she said: "i don't think zhang shuai in his twenties is in as good a state as i am now. tennis is a sport that can make people it’s a young sport and i hope everyone will take part in tennis more often.”
men's singles no. 2 seed alcaraz was in hot form and swept dutch player grikspoor 6:1, 6:2 in just 56 minutes. in the next round, he will have a direct conversation with no. 7 seed khachanov. the latter defeated argentinian player serendo 7:6 (4), 7:6 (9) through a double "tiebreak" in the match that day. luo.
on september 29, alcaraz returned the ball during the game. photo by xinhua news agency reporter zhang longwomen's singles no. 2 seed pegula faced the challenge of russian player kudermetova. the two sides reached a "tiebreak" in the first set, and kudermetova won 7:6 (9). then the game became one-sided, and pegula came back to win in two consecutive sets, 6:1 and 6:2. she will face spanish player badosa in the next round.
in the last match of the day, no. 4 seed and american star gauff defeated british player bolt in straight sets 7:5, 6:2 to advance to the top 16. she will face the winner between japanese star naomi osaka and american player voreynets.
in the doubles competition, the chinese combination wang yafan/wang xiyu defeated no. 4 seeds merichal/perez in straight sets 6:4, 6:3. wang xinyu/hsieh suwei lost to the top seeds rutliffe/dabrowski 5:7, 2:6 and stopped in the first round of women's doubles.
on the 30th, the china open will witness many seeded players competing. chinese player zheng qinwen will face argentine player podoroska, women's singles top seed sabalenka will face american player kruger, and no. 3 seed paolini will compete with polish player linette.
in the men's singles, the top seed sinner will face the czech player lehka, the two seed players alcaraz and khachanov will have a direct dialogue, and the third seed medvedev will face the italian player coboli. the no. 4 seed rublev and spanish player fokina will compete in the afternoon of that day. the winner will play a double match on the same day and play against bouyunchokt again that night.
