On February 8, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA500 St. Petersburg station was contested, and the Chinese little flower King Xinyu, who participated with a wild card, ushered in her first match after the Australian Open, and her opponent was the No. 7 seed Ostapenko. In the end, after two sets of competition, Wang Xinyu lost 0-2 to the former French Open champion, regretting a round of travel.
Ostapenko started well in the first set and broke to take a 2-0 lead in the second set. In the 6th set, Wang Xinyu lost the serve again, and Ostapenko came to win the set 5-1. Ostapenko easily saved serve in the 7th set and won the first set 6-1.
In the second set, Wang Xinyu broke the opening round and took a 2-0 lead. Ostapenko completed the break in the third set, and then she defused the break point in the fourth set to save the set to make it 2-2. In the 6th set, Wang Xinyu missed two break point opportunities, and Ostapenko saved the serve 3-3. Ostapenko completed a key break in the 9th set, and then she saved the ball to win the match and win the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 3 minutes, Ostapenko, ranked 25th in the world, defeated China's Little Flower King Xinyu 6-1, 6-4 to successfully reach the second round of the tournament. Wang Xinyu did not qualify for the second round, and she will move to Guadalajara for the WTA250 event that starts next week.