On March 12, Beijing time, the second round of the WTA1000 Indian Wells Station was contested, and the Chinese little flower Zheng Qinwen competed in the competition, and her opponent was former world number one Kerber. After a fierce battle in three sets, Zheng Qinwen missed a 4-1 lead in the decider, and finally lost 1-2 to three-time Grand Slam champion Kerber, unfortunately missing the round of 32.
In the third set of the first set, Zheng Qinwen missed three break point opportunities, and in the first five sets, both sides saved the set, and Kerber took a 3-2 lead. In the 6th set, Zheng Qinwen lost the serve and Kerber broke and led 4-2. In the 8th set, Zheng Qinwen lost again in the first set with no way back, and Kerber broke and won the first set 6-2.
The second set began with a mutual break, and in the third set, Zheng Qinwen broke again, and then she kept a 3-1 lead. In the 10th set, Zheng Qinwen lost four consecutive points in the winning set and was broken, and the two sides fought to a 5-5 draw. In the 11th set, Zheng Qinwen broke the opponent's serve again, and then she successfully saved the serve and won the second set 7-5.
As soon as the decider set came up, Zheng Qinwen broke the opponent's serve, and in the second set, Kerber completed the return break. In the third set, Zheng Qinwen broke again, and in the fourth set she saved her serve and then led the opponent 3-1. In the 5th set, Zheng Qinwen broke again, and then Kerber broke back to make it 2-4. In the 8th set, Zheng Qinwen lost the serve and Kerber chased the set to 4-4. In the 10th set, Zheng Qinwen defused three final points in a set without a way back, and Kerber successfully cashed in on the fourth match point to win the decider 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 18 minutes, the 15th seed Kerber defeated China's Small Flower Zheng Qinwen 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to successfully reach the women's singles round of 32. This was Kerber's first victory of the season, and Zheng Qinwen missed a good game and regretted that he was out of the game and failed to go further in this tournament.