On the first day of Wimbledon 2024, seven seeded players lost in one matchday. Among them, the biggest upset was Zheng Qinwen, who lost 1-2 to the qualifiers in the first round. In addition, the highly-seeded players, including Andreeva and Baez, all suffered a first-round tour.
The 7 seeded players who went out in the first round:
Women's Singles
Zheng Qinwen [8] 6-4 2-6 4-6 Sun Lulu
Andreeva [24] 6-1 3-6 2-6 Früvirtova
Kostya [29] 6-3 2-6 0-6 Qatar
Men's Singles
Báez [18] 2-6 6-3 4-6 Brandon Nakashima
Jarry [19] 1-6 5-7 4-6 Shapovalov
Mannarino [22] 4-6 6-3 5-7 4-6 Monfils
Navone [31] 4-6 6-7 4-6 Sonego
This season, Zheng Qinwen has started a little high and gone low. Since reaching the Australian Open women's singles final, Zheng Qinwen has rarely had a good record. In this Wimbledon, Zheng Qinwen played as the No. 8 seed, but unfortunately lost to qualifier Sun Lulu in the first round for two consecutive years after last year.
After the game, Zheng Qinwen said: "My eyes have been a little swollen since yesterday, and they are even more swollen this morning. Maybe it's because my eyes are swollen, so I can't see the ball so accurately. At the same time, I had a little bit of pain in the back of my big arm, and although I was controlling my serve, I wasn't fully playing it! ”
In addition to Zheng Qinwen, veteran Zhang Shuai also suffered a round of tours. In this campaign, Zhang Shuai lost to Kasatkina 3-6 0-6 to swallow 21 consecutive singles consecutive defeats across the season, and it was also the first round of the third consecutive Grand Slam across the season. Zhang Shuai can be said to be a veteran player of Chinese women's tennis, and after Li Na retired, she once carried the banner of Chinese tennis.
However, there has been little breakthrough in the singles arena, and his best Grand Slam results are the quarterfinals (2016 Australian Open, 2019 Wimbledon). However, Zhang Shuai has reached the Grand Slam women's doubles final three times, winning 2 championships (Australian Open, US Open) and 1 runner-up (Wimbledon). However, the 34-year-old Zhang Shuai seems to be coming to the end of his career. This season, Zhang Shuai has yet to win a single singles match.
The Chinese players who also suffered the same round were:
Wang Qiang 0-6 2-6 Emma Navarro [19]
Wang Xiyu 6-3 3-6 4-6 Vekic
Yuan Yue 2-6 3-6 Ruth
Players who advance to the second round:
Wang Yafan 6-0 3-6 6-4 Schmidlova
Zhu Lin 6-0 6-4 Begu