CCTV news: On December 16, Beijing time, the WTA125 Limoges women's singles tournament ended the first round of competition. The tournament's top seed, Chinese player Zhang Shuai, fought hard in three sets and finally lost to the world's 201st local player Peng Xie 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, and staged a round of travel.
Zhang Shuai, as the top seed of this tournament, faced the unknown French player Peng Xie in the first round. In the first set, Zhang Shuai lost his own serve after missing two break points in the 4th set, and lost a set 4-6.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai once played a small climax of 11-0, and took advantage of the break advantage in the fourth set to win a set 6-3.
In the third set, after the two sides exchanged their first serves, Zhang Shuai won only one of the next six sets, and finally lost the decider 2-6, thus losing to the world's 201st ranked Peng Xie.
Ponchet will face Slovenian veteran Herkog in the second round; Zhang Shuai will participate in the WTA125 Korea Open in Seoul, South Korea next week, when Zhang Shuai will still be the top seed of the tournament, and the no. 2 and 3 seeds of the tournament will be Mladenovic and Zhu Lin.
![3-6!6-1!6-2!Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Shuai advance to the quarterfinals of the women's singles of the China Open and face Xiao Anwa in the next round![fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)