In the women's singles final of WTA Angers 125K, Chinese tennis Jinhua Zhang Shuai lost 0-2 (0-6/4-6) to Russia's lucky loser Diachenko, regrettably gained runner-up and 95 points, Zhang Shuai had a lot of opportunities to win the championship title in this game, but in the face of 10 break points, he only grasped it once, and when there were 8 double errors in the opponent's serve, Zhang Shuai let the opportunity slip away again and again. Watch as Diatchenko won her third women's singles title in the WTA 125K class.
Zhang Shuai since Li Na, Zheng Jie and other big sisters retired, soon became the leader of the Chinese women's tennis, her inspirational story was once praised by the outside world, Zhang Shuai once encountered 14 round trips in the Grand Slam, but she was not discouraged, and finally defeated the top seed Halep in the first round of the Australian Open, and successfully reached the top 8 of the women's singles at that Australian Open, avoiding the embarrassment of 15 Grand Slam round trips, currently ranked 59th in the world.
The 32-year-old Zhang Shuai has recently competed in a number of low-level WTA events, and the world ranking has steadily improved. The Station Angers Open as the No. 2 seed of the women's singles to participate in the competition, the previous game without suspense fell straight 2 sets all the way to the high, the semi-final and teammate Yuan Yue also played a strong score of 6-0, to the final Zhang Shuai is the more optimistic side, after all, Diatchenko's world ranking is only 165.
In the first set of the final, Diachenko showed a good feel, in the face of Zhang Shuai, whose ranking and fame are higher than her own, she was not conservative, chose to fight with Zhang Shuai, dared to change the line in the process of holding, there was a sudden release of short balls in the middle, disrupting Zhang Shuai's offensive rhythm, Zhang Shuai's serve suffered a violent impact of the opponent's serve, Diachenko received the ball Back to the ball Landing Point changed more, the return ball was deeper, and the angle was very large, after 3 consecutive breaks, Diachenko won 6-0 clearance.
In the second set of the game Zhang Shuai began to find some of the state of the game, and Diatchenko began to circle, in the first set finally smoothly saved, won the first set after the opening, and then the second set Zhang Shuai took advantage of the victory to chase, and finally grasped 1 break point, the score came to 2-0, but unfortunately this was only the only 1 break in the whole game of 10 break points, and soon Diatchenko returned to break the hand, and went to a 4-2 lead after 4 consecutive sets, although Zhang Shuai saved the score after that, but in the Diachenko service to win the game At one point, there were 8 serve double mistakes, zhang Shuai did not seize the rare break opportunity, and was taken 6-4 after being difficult to win the final championship.
Losing the tournament, Zhang Shuai will continue to participate in the next Limoges 125K class open tournament in France, which will be held from December 13 to 19, and the women's singles champion will have 160 points, and Zhang Shuai will face the challenge of hosts Garcia, Mladenovic and Russian star Zvonareva, who are stronger overall than the previous race.