Wuhan Tennis Open, tonight ushered in a focus battle, Zheng Qinwen who returned to his hometown against Christian, this game Zheng Qinwen is determined to win, because in a game in the afternoon, Navarro 1-2 upset, she continued to stop in the first round of the China Open and Wuhan Open, only got 20 points, so tonight's game, Zheng Qinwen as long as he defeats his opponent to advance to the round of 16, he will gain 120 points, so as to surpass Navarro in the championship ranking and rise to 7th.
As soon as the first set came up, the two played a good level in their own service game, and the score came to 2-2, Zheng Qinwen completed the break, and in his own service game, he sent a love game, successfully expanding the score to 4-2!
In the 7th game, in the opponent's service game, Zheng Qinwen won a break point again, but unfortunately was saved by the opponent, but then she scored 3 points in a row to complete the break again. In the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen once faced a break point, but fortunately, her ace ball was strong, and after holding serve hard, she won the first set 6-2.
In this set, Zheng Qinwen showed his strength in the world's top 10, breaking twice to make the opponent return in vain, and hit 4 aces in this set, playing proactively, showing the determination and fighting spirit to win.
In the second set, Christian also let go, she took the lead in the third game to get three break points, although Zheng Qinwen went all out to save two, but was still broken by the opponent, and Zheng Qinwen fell behind 1-3.
However, Zheng Qinwen also dared to make a move at the critical moment, and in the subsequent game, Zheng Qinwen withstood the pressure and scored 4 points in a row to complete the breakdown in the case of falling behind 0-30. And the next game also entered the rhythm of Zheng Qinwen, Zheng Qinwen saved a break point, and at the third game point, he successfully cashed in and overtook the score to 4-3!
From falling behind 1-3 to winning 3 games in a row and overtaking 4-3, Zheng Qinwen played very strongly, and the first-serve scoring rate in the second set came to more than 85%, and the wonderful hitting also won the applause of the fans at the scene.
Then Zheng Qinwen did not give his opponent a chance, took advantage of the victory to chase after his own serve, and sent a love game again, bringing the score to 5-3, and the pressure was on Christian.
In the subsequent service game, Christian withstood the pressure and completed the hold, but then Zheng Qinwen's serve won the game, she did not give her opponent too many chances in her own service game, and finally won another set 6-4, swept the opponent with a big score of 2-0, and advanced to the next round strongly!
The victory in this game not only allowed Zheng Qinwen to gain 120 points, surpassing Navarro in the championship ranking and rising to the 7th position, but also allowed her to get a bonus of 36,568 US dollars, equivalent to 258,000 yuan.
Next, Zheng Qinwen will face Chinese Canada Fernandez at around 14:30 tomorrow afternoon, which is a difficult opponent, Zheng Qinwen does not have an advantage in the battle record, and the interval between today's game and tomorrow's game is very short, which is also a big challenge for Zheng Qinwen's physical fitness and energy.