CCTV news: In the early morning of November 8, Beijing time, the 2021 WTA250 Linz women's singles ended the first round of a competition. Chinese player Zheng Saisai overcame the passive opening of the first set 0-3, and finally won the opening with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over France's post-00s player Breer in 1 hour and 25 minutes. Zheng Saisai's women's singles second-round opponent will be the No. 7 seeded Italian footballer Paulini, who defeated Ukraine's Yastremska 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in three sets.
Zheng Saisai is only 87th in the world rankings, despite being 10 places lower than Breer, and this is the first time the two have met in their careers. However, Zheng Saisai has maintained a record of total victories in the last three Tour women's singles against French players, including the first round reversal defeat to Ferro in Miami this year.
In the first set, Zheng Saisai's first serve was broken by the opponent and opened 0-3, but Zheng Saisai then won five consecutive sets to reverse the passive situation and win a set 6-4.
In the second set, Zheng Saisai seized the opportunity to complete the break in the first set of Brell's first serve and opened 2-0. Although Breer completed the 3rd set of the guarantee, but then Zheng Saisai was significantly higher than his opponent in grasping the key points, playing a wave of attacks that won four consecutive sets and then won another set 6-1, thus losing only 5 sets and eliminating Brell through the first round of the women's singles.
In addition, Wang Xinyu, who passed the qualification test, met against another qualifier, Kozlova, in the first round of the main round, and if she wins, she will face the top seed of the tournament and the new US Open champion Radukanu in the second round.
![At WTA Linz, Wang Xinyu eliminated the US Open champion in singles, and won eight consecutive wins with Zheng Saisai in doubles[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)