In the 2024 World Tennis Championship, in the just-concluded China Open, Gauff defeated Mukhova to win the championship, and Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen reached the semifinals, both creating the most in China. After the end of the China Open, the WTA1000 Wuhan Open tennis tournament kicked off, and a total of 5 Chinese Jinhua participated in the women's singles event, of which Zheng Qinwen was the No. 5 seed in the tournament. In the first round, China's Golden Flower Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue passed smoothly, and today, Zhang Shuai and Wang Xiyu played hand in hand.
Zhang Shuai 0-2 Putintseva
Zhang Shuai is 35 years old this year, once a sister in the Chinese tennis world, but in recent years, with the growth of age, the singles world ranking has been declining, before participating in the Chinese Open, Zhang Shuai suffered the longest 24 consecutive defeats in WTA history, fortunately, Zhang Shuai did not give up, adjusted in time, won 4 consecutive victories in the Chinese Open, and reached the quarterfinals for the third time in his career, harvesting self-confidence at the same time, rebuilding morale.
Putintseva won the WTA 250 Birmingham title this year, reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon, and is now ranked 32nd in the world, while Zhang Shuai's latest world ranking is 250th, the two have met a total of 6 times, Zhang Shuai has won 2 wins and 4 losses, and Zhang Shuai has suffered four consecutive defeats in the last 4 meetings.
In the game, Zhang Shuai finally lost to his opponent 4-6 and missed the round of 32. In the second round of the Women's Singles, Putintseva will face Vekic, who defeated Mertens 2-1 to advance.
Wang Xiyu 0-2 Mila Andreeva (6-7, 3-6)
Wang Xiyu, 23 years old and ranked 95th in the world, is a wild card to participate in this year's Wuhan Open, and won the runner-up at the WTA 250 Austin this year, reaching the second round of the French Open and the first round of this year's China Open. Milla Andreeva is a talented girl in Russia, reaching the semi-finals of the French Open this year, and the quarter-finals of the China Open, but losing to Zheng Qinwen and missing out on the semi-finals, in which Andreeva is the No. 16 seed.
In the game, in the first set, Wang Xiyu was in a stable state, and Andreeva was inseparable, the two went all the way to tie 7, and in the 7th game, Wang Xiyu once led 3-0 but was finally reversed by Andreeva 7-5, in the second set, Wang Xiyu's physical fitness declined and his concentration was not enough, and finally lost another set 3-6, so that the big score was 0-2 and missed the promotion.
Kenin 1-2 Alexandrova (1-6, 6-4, 4-6)
Kenin is ranked 22nd in the world and won the Australian Open in 2020. Kenin's opponent in the first round of the Wuhan Open was Alexandrova, and in the first set, Alexandrova was full of firepower and soon took the lead with a score of 6-1. In the second set, Kenin's form quickly rebounded, intensified the attack, and tried to break Alexandrova's attacking rhythm, and the scores of the two sides alternated between the two sides, and finally Kenin pulled back the set with a score of 6-4.
In the deciding set, both sides were on the line, full of firepower, Alexandrova took the lead in the opening stage, Kenin chased closely and did not give up, but Alexandrova withstood Kenin's attack, maintained the lead until the end, and finally won the deciding set 6-4, thus defeating Kenin 2-1 to advance to the second round, Kenin was upset.
Zheng Qinwen, as the No. 5 seed in the Wuhan Open, has a first-round bye. In the just-concluded China Open, Zheng Qinwen reached the semi-finals, and lost to Mukhova in the semi-finals and missed the final, but still tied Li Na's best result in the China Open, which is the best result of a Chinese local player in the China Open. In the second round of the Wuhan Open, Zheng Qinwen will face Christian, Zheng Qinwen is a Hubei player who has the advantage of being a landlord in the Wuhan Open, and Zheng Qinwen is in urgent need of points to compete for the last seat in the year-end finals.