On October 8, Beijing time, the first round of the Wuhan Open tennis tournament continued, in which Zhang Shuai played against Putintseva, the two had played each other 4 times before, Zhang Shuai lost to Putintseva in addition to defeating his opponent 7 years ago, and lost to Putintseva in the last 3 times. Zhang Shuai was swept 0-2 in this game, and finally failed to advance, and she also became the first Chinese female tennis player to be eliminated in an official match in this competition.
In the first set, the first 4 games were evenly matched, and the two sides drew 2-2. However, it is a pity that from the 5th game, Zhang Shuai made consecutive mistakes in the handling of key balls, resulting in his own break. After that, she lost 2 games in a row and fell behind 2-5. Although Zhang Shuai was very tenacious, he then broke the opponent for 1 game, and successfully held serve, chasing the score to 4-5. In the 10th game, Putintseva served, but Zhang Shuai failed to break serve and had to lose to her opponent 4-6, falling behind 0-1 on aggregate.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai served, but was broken again, and the situation was very bad. After that, Putintseva held serve and took a 2-0 lead. Fortunately, in the third game, Zhang Shuai finally found some form, and after holding serve, he chased the score to 1-2. In the next few games, both of them successfully held serve, and Zhang Shuai was also broken early, causing him to lose another set 4-6, and finally went out 0-2.
In this game, Zhang Shuai was swept and finally eliminated, missing the second round of the Wuhan Open. Judging from the process of the game, Zhang Shuai's state is far inferior to the previous China Open, perhaps because he is too tired, and Zhang Shuai, who is not young, has not fully recovered. After this loss, she has been out of the Wuhan Open, and I hope she will rest well, adjust herself, and prepare for other tournaments in the future.
After Zhang Shuai, Wang Xiyu in the evening will also play (no earlier than 19 o'clock), her opponent is Milla Andreeva, due to the strength of the opponent, Wang Xiyu may encounter a lot of trouble in this game, and may be eliminated at any time like Zhang Shuai (of course, the editor still hopes that Wang Xiyu can be upset).
Fortunately, so far, three Chinese women's singles players have advanced, they are Wang Xinyu, Yuan Yue and Zheng Qinwen (first-round bye), and they will continue to compete. Especially Zheng Qinwen, because Mukhova has retired due to fatigue, in the second half, Zheng Qinwen can at least reach the fourth round. If nothing else, Zheng Qinwen, who has just turned 22, will be the only hope of winning the Chinese women's singles championship at this Wuhan Open. She was very tired in the China Open before, but fortunately, after a few days of rest, Zheng Qinwen should be able to find her form, and look forward to playing a great performance in front of her hometown parents!