Zhang Shuai won again! In the second round of the women's singles of the WTA Miami Crown, facing Costia, who had never been defeated before, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai played a super high level, sweeping the opponent with a score of 6-1, 6-1, and strongly advancing to the third round! In the game, Zhang Shuai's backhand was impressive, and a straight line of backhand made the opponent invincible.
Past record: Zhang Shuai 0-2 Costia
Before this game, the two had met 2 times, and Zhang Shuai had lost. It can be said that Costia can be regarded as a bitter master of Zhang Shuai.
In 2008, when the two were still in the ITF, they fought fiercely in Cuneo, Italy, when the 19-year-old Zhang Shuai lost 3-6, 6-4, 3-6; in the second round of last year's WTA France Strasbourg, Zhang Shuai lost 2-6, 1-6, and the score was a bit big.
First set: Zhang Shuai 6-1 Costia
In the first set, Zhang Shuai quickly entered the state, and in the second set, he broke and made a 2-0 start. She then sent two Love games in a row to extend the scoreline to 4-0. In the 5th set, Zhang Shuai scored first, at this time she had scored 10 consecutive points.
Unwilling to tie her hands, Costia sought opportunities in Zhang Shuai's third serve and increased her attack, finally breaking the set to make it 1-4. Unfortunately, her state today is really bad, Zhang Shuai with his fiery hand and the opponent's constant mistakes, even broke with the guarantee, 6-1 to win the first set.
Second set: Zhang Shuai 6-1 Costia
The trend of the second set was the same as that of the first set, zhang Shuai once again took a 4-0 lead, the slight difference was that this set was Costia's first serve. In the 5th set, Costia dodged two break points from Zhang Shuai, struggled to save the set, and brought the score to 1-4.
Zhang Shuai's state is really good, the backhand straight line hit Costia without the ability to fight back, after she sent love game in the 6th set, Costia ushered in a non-guaranteed serve. After a tie-break test, Zhang Shuai grasped the second break point and broke again to make it 6-1.
In this way, after only 53 minutes of competition, Zhang Shuai easily advanced to the top 32 2-0, waiting for the winner between Wang Qiang and Gao Fu.
In the whole game, Zhang Shuai's one-shot scoring rate reached 77%, and the second-serve scoring rate was also 60%, almost twice that of his opponents. In terms of total scores, Zhang Shuai also led 56-27, two points more than twice the opponent.
Let's give 33-year-old Zhang Shuai a round of applause and hope she can keep going! This year's Miami tournament is not too unexpected, and Zhang Shuai's entry into a deeper round will not be too surprising.
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