In the 2022 WTA500 St. Petersburg First Round Women's Singles Showdown, the 21-year-old Chinese Xiaohua Wang Xinyu, who competed with a wild card, regrettably lost 0-2 (1-6, 4-6) to Latvian women's singles Grand Slam winner Ostapunk, suffering his debut round trip after the Australian Open. The rhythm of the first set was all controlled by Ostapunk, Wang Xinyu only scored 1 set, and after Wang Xinyu adapted to the opponent's playing style in the second set, he once achieved a 2-0 advantage in the opening game, but unfortunately, he missed 2 break points in the 6th set, and the advantage was eroded by the opponent little by little, and he won the whole game 4-6.
Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Zheng Qinwen are the future hope of Chinese tennis, in 2022, the first Grand Slam Australian Open, several young Chinese players in the women's singles from the qualification round to the main round of the training level, have joined hands to advance to the second round of women's singles, plus Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai, so that the first round of participants in addition to Zheng Saisai withdrew, all entered the second round of women's singles competition. Wang Xinyu faced No. 2 seed Sabalenka in the second round of the women's singles, and ren did not let the lead be 6-1, but the season's experienced opponents then eliminated Wang Xinyu in two consecutive sets. Wang Xinyu came to Russia to participate in the first international competition after the Australian Open, because the event is also a 500 level, the lower ranking Wang Xinyu was lucky to get a wild card, the first opponent is the 2017 French Open women's singles champion Ostaponk!
Latvia's Ostapunk took the lead in the first set, did not give Wang Xinyu any chance in her serve, and dropped 4 straight goals to easily save. In the second set, Wang Xinyu's serve did not find the feel of the serve for a long time, and the continuous unsuccessful shot led to the second serve being frequently attacked by the opponent, and the opening was broken by Ostapenk, 0-2 behind. In Ostapenk's serve, her serve was strong, basically did not give Wang Xinyu any chance to break, and Wang Xinyu only successfully won 1 set in the 4th set, and the game was broken twice in the 2nd and 6th sets, and finally Ostapenk won the first set in a quick 6-1 quick decision.
After Wang Xinyu took the lead in the second set and improved the success rate of a shot, Wang Xinyu did not have as difficult as the first set, successfully saved the serve, and found a flaw in the second set of Ostapenk's serve, and the opponent patiently began to maneuver at the bottom line, as Ostapunk's mistakes increased, Wang Xinyu achieved the first break in the whole game and led the opponent 2-0. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, ostapenk broke back in the 3rd set and saved the serve in the 4th set, pulling the disadvantage back, The two sides fought to 2-2.Wang Xinyu saved the 5th set and forced out 2 break points in the 6th set, but neither of them was cashed in, and the two sides were defused one by one by the opponent into a 3-3.The two sides saved 1 set after a 4-4 draw, the key 9th set Wang Xinyu did not resist the pressure, was once again broken by Ostapenk, with a 4-5 disadvantage to Ostapenk's serve to win the game, the opponent unceremoniously saved the service to eliminate Wang Xinyu to advance to the second round of women's singles.
Another Chinese veteran, Zhang Shuai, met Begu in the first round of women's singles, and finally after 74 minutes of fierce fighting, Zhang Shuai lost the match 3-6, 1-6, and also suffered a women's singles round. Zhang Shuai will move to Dubai to participate in the WTA500 Dubai Open, and Wang Xinyu will participate in the WTA250 Guadalajara Open in the next step.