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on october 1st, beijing time, in the 1/8 finals of the women's singles at the 2024 china tennis open, zhang shuai defeated fletcher 2-0 to advance to the top 8. the scores in the two games were: 6-4, 6-2. after zhang shuai defeated fletcher, he completed the record of entering the quarterfinals of the china open for the third time in his career. this was a historic moment for the 35-year-old zhang shuai. fletcher's 7-game winning streak was ended by zhang shuai.

before this top 8 match, japan's top sister naomi osaka praised zhang shuai - she is the player who loves tennis most purely. i can't believe she can persist in such adversity. you must know that she once suffered 24 consecutive defeats. defeat, this is a kind of trial and suffering for tennis players. this is to test whether you really love tennis. ever since i entered the professional circle, zhang shuai has been very kind and gentle to me.

zhang shuai is ranked 595 in the world, while fletcher is ranked 31 in the world (the 23rd seed at this year's china open). no matter who zhang shuai defeats, he will be upset. the previous three consecutive victories were a super upset. zhang shuai's performance in this game against world number 31 has been good, and he quickly achieved a 3-1 lead in the first set.

the fifth game was zhang shuai's serving round, but fletcher seemed to have found the secret to breaking serve. he broke serve continuously. zhang shuai saved two break points and attracted cheers from the audience. however, zhang shuai also made mistakes. zhang shuai continued to save break points and saved 4. the break point was finally broken by fletcher 3-2.

in the sixth game, fletcher easily kept serve and tied the score to 3-3. in the seventh game, zhang shuai's serving round was crucial. fletcher's 40-30 lead was thrilling. zhang shuai scored ad consecutively, but fletcher missed the key point. net, zhang shuai took the lead 4-3.

in fletcher's serving round in the eighth game, zhang shuai was at 30-40, but fletcher still managed to hold serve 4-4. in the ninth game, zhang shuai quickly won 5-4 and took the lead. in the tenth game, fletcher's serving round came. unexpectedly, zhang shuai broke serve and won the first set 6-4.

zhang shuai was in good competitive form at the beginning of the second set. she won the service round easily, and then broke serve. she also won the second serve round, and then broke serve successfully, leading to a 4-0 start. in the fifth game, fletcher finally won and tied 1-4.

in fletcher's serving round in the sixth game, zhang shuai unexpectedly broke serve again 5-1 and continued to lead; in the seventh game, zhang shuai's serving round seemed to have declined a bit, but fletcher broke serve 5-2; in the eighth game zhang shuai wanted to breaking to win 30-30, zhang shuai went ahead 40-30 and the audience cheered. zhang shuai won the break point and zhang shuai won 6-2.