Original title: Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Shuai at WTA Tokyo Station top two seeded knockout stages
Beijing News Sport | Reporter Li Yuanfei
On September 21, Beijing time, Zheng Qinwen, a 19-year-old Chinese tennis player, defeated seeded Bardoza in two sets 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the women’s singles at Tokyo WTA500 station. World number 4 Badosa has also become the highest-scoring player in the singles world that Zheng Qinwen has beaten in her career.
Zheng Qinwen WTA official website
“I am very happy with my performance today, because I have shown everything I have on the pitch.” Zheng Qinwen said after the game: “Although my opponent is fourth in the world, I feel that I am not at a disadvantage and I am also in a lot of times. Advantages.” Previously, among the players that Zheng Qinwen had defeated, Jaber had the highest singles ranking in the world at the time, 5th. This time Zheng Qinwen beat Bardoza is another breakthrough. His world ranking has increased by 120 positions from the 156th at the beginning of the year to the current 36th best personal. Subsequently, Zheng Qinwen will face American player Claire Liu in the quarter-finals, who defeated Belgian star Mertens. “She is a very good player,” Zheng Qinwen said of her opponent in the next round, “but I have not played with her, I have only seen the video of the match. I will insist on playing my tennis and see what happens in the game.”
On the same day, Zhang Shuai, another woman from the Chinese network, saved the match point knockout match against Garcia, seeded number 2. The score in three sets was 4-6, 7-6 (5). , 7-6 (5). . Zhang Shuai faced a match point in the tenth game of the second set, but she solved the crisis with a great first shot and eventually won the tiebreak in two sets. With this win, Zhang Shuai, who is currently ranked 28th in the singles world, has climbed to 26th in the instant chart, which is close to 23rd in his career.
At present, Chinese player Wang Xiyu has also entered the top 16 of the women’s singles. Her race to enter the top eight will take place on the 22nd.Back to Sohu, see more
Publisher:
–
Disclaimer: The views of this article represent only the author himself, Sohu is an information publishing platform, and Sohu only provides information storage space services.
