On March 3, Beijing time, the second round of the WTA250 Lyon Station was contested, and China's Zhang Shuai competed in the competition, and her opponent was the Dutch ruth, who was ranked 63rd in the world. The two sides had a one-time encounter in 2018, when Ruth won the game in straight sets. Zhang Shuai performed even better in today's match, sweeping her opponent out 2-0 and successfully reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament.
In the first four sets of the first set, both sides saved their own serves, and in the fifth set, Zhang Shuai completed the break in the opponent's serve, and then she defused the break point to save the serve and take a 4-2 lead. In the 10th set, Zhang Shuai ushered in a service win, and at the critical moment he successfully saved the serve and won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, the two sides fought fiercely in the 3rd set, Zhang Shuai successfully cashed in on the 7th break point, and then Zhang Shuai loved game to save the serve and take a 3-1 lead. In the 7th set, Ruth defused 2 consecutive break points to save the set, and in the 10th set, Zhang Shuai successfully saved the serve to win the game and win the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 33 minutes, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai defeated the Netherlands' Ruth 6-4, 6-4 and successfully reached the quarterfinals. This is Zhang Shuai's second entry into the Tour Quarterfinals after 6 months since last year's Cleveland stop. Zhang Shuai will face the winner between Golubic and Diatchenko.