Won, Zhang Shuai finally won, although it was won in the women's doubles game, but for the 35-year-old veteran, it is still very difficult, and this game still saved the opportunity of 2 match points, which makes Zhang Shuai and his partner Mertens This victory is very precious.
The 35-year-old veteran Zhang Shuai, who has participated in the China Open and the Wuhan Open in a row, has also consumed a lot of physical energy on her, and she also takes into account both singles and doubles matches, which is even more difficult.
In the women's singles match, Zhang Shuai met Putintseva, but Zhang Shuai completely lost her excellent form at the China Open, and she quickly lost to her opponent with a score of 0-2, leaving only the women's doubles match.
Previously, Zhang Shuai reached the final of the women's doubles all the way to the US Open, and now for her, if she wants to achieve better results, she needs to focus on both sides, after all, it is not easy for the 35-year-old Zhang Shuai to regain the top 8 record in the Chinese Open.
As the No. 5 seeds in the tournament, Zhang Shuai and Mertens broke serve in the third game of the first set, and then their own serve game was successfully held, once bringing the score to 3-1!
Unexpectedly, after that, Zhang Shuai's tacit understanding was not enough, resulting in an increase in unforced errors, and they were broken by their opponents in the 6th and 8th games, and finally they lost 4 points in a row in the 9th game, and the opponent completed the reversal 6-3 and won the first set first.
In the second set, the competition between the two sides was still very fierce, Zhang Shuai broke in the third game, but unfortunately was then broken back by their opponents, and in the sixth game, they seized the opportunity to break again, and Zhang Shuai won a 4-2 advantage.
But unfortunately, they were broken by the opponent again, and the opponent ushered in the 12th game to win the game, once 40-15 to get two match points, but Zhang Shuai combined with a Jedi counterattack, scored 3 points in a row to complete the break, chased the score to a 6-6 draw, and the two sides entered the tie-break 7.
Zhang Shuai's combination is obviously more dominant in terms of tie-7 experience, they scored 4 points in a row after 3-2, won the tie-break battle 7-4, and the big score also chased a 1-1 draw.
In the tie-break 10 battle in the deciding set, the two sides played more exciting, and Zhang Shuai combined to achieve a 3-0 advantage, but after that, the 3-point lead was gradually eroded by the opponent, and the score was chased to 7-7.
But after the two key service games, Zhang Shuai still withstood the pressure, got 2 match points 9-7, and successfully cashed in on the 2nd match point, won another set with a score of 10-8, and magically completed the big reversal, 2-1 to advance to the round of 16, almost broke out a big upset, and Zhang Shuai combination can be regarded as escaping.
I have to say that this game is still very intense, Xiaobian looks at the score and feels that he is about to lose, but unfortunately when the opponent is at the match point, he is also a little nervous, and the result is that Zhang Shuai seized the opportunity to tie and complete the break, which has also become a turning point in the whole game, the 35-year-old veteran is still worthy of the respect of fans, and she is not easy!