The 2024 China Open tennis tournament has entered its final sprint, and the men's event has been completed, with Alcaraz beating defending champion Sinner to win the China Open for the first time. The women's event reached the quarterfinals. On the afternoon of October 3, Beijing time, the first women's singles 1/4 finals were held at the Capital Diamond Stadium, and Chinese local player Zhang Shuai faced the No. 15 seed player Badosa. In the second set, Zhang Shuai and Badosa scored a tiebreaker, and in the end, Zhang Shuai missed the reversal, losing 0-2 and missing the semifinals.
The 35-year-old Zhang Shuai is a legend in Chinese women's tennis, with a career high of 22nd in the world and a high of 2nd in the world in women's doubles. Zhang Shuai ushered in a turning point in his career this year, and in the women's doubles event, Zhang Shuai partnered with Mladevic to win the runner-up at this year's US Open. In women's singles, Zhang Shuai suffered an embarrassing record of 24 consecutive defeats before participating in the China Open.
Zhang Shuai was once a famous player in Chinese women's tennis since Li Na, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open women's singles, but as she grew older, Zhang Shuai focused on doubles, and once partnered Stosur to win two Grand Slam women's doubles titles. Before participating in the China Open, Zhang Shuai suffered the darkest time of the longest losing streak in the WTA in the singles event, but Zhang Shuai did not give up and still insisted on training for the game, and finally ushered in a turning point in the China Open.
Zhang Shuai entered this year's China Open with a wild card, and met Kessler in the first round, Zhang Shuai defeated his opponent 7-6 in two battles, ending the embarrassing record of 24 consecutive defeats in his career and advancing to the second round of the China Open. In the second round, Zhang Shuai's opponent was the No. 6 seed of the tournament, this year's US Open semifinalist Navarro, Zhang Shuai eliminated his opponent in straight sets and successfully advanced. In the third round, Zhang Shuai once again beat Minen 2-0 to advance to the round of 16, and in the 1/8 finals, Zhang Shuai defeated Fletcher 2-0 and reached the quarterfinals of the Chinese Open for the third time.
Badosa is the No. 15 seed in the China Open, beating the No. 2 seed in the last round and this year's US Open runner-up United States Pegula advanced to the quarterfinals. Zhang Shuai has no record of facing Badosa in his career. Bardosa's highest career ranking in the world is No. 2.
At the beginning of the game, Zhang Shuai did not enter the game at the beginning of the first set, and was broken by Badosa in 2 consecutive service games, falling behind 0-4, and in the 5th game, Zhang Shuai finally succeeded in holding serve, recovering a point, and falling behind Badosa 1-4. Then Badosa broke serve again to win the first set 6-1, and Zhang Shuai fell behind 0-1.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai's form rebounded, and in the first game, Zhang Shuai broke Badosa's serve and led Badosa 1-0. In the second game, Zhang Shuai scored 4 points in a row to successfully hold serve and expand the advantage 2-0. Then the two sides held their respective serves, and in the crucial 6th game, Badosa broke successfully, and the score of the two teams was tied 3-3. Then the two sides held their respective serves, fought to tie 7, grabbed 7, Zhang Shuai lost 4-7, thus losing the game.
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