On the evening of March 4, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the WTA250 Lyon Station began to compete, and China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai met Diachenko, who was ranked 118th in the world. The two sides have met a total of 4 times before, each winning 2. Today's game Diatchenko retired due to injury in the first set, and Zhang Shuaibing returned to the tour final four without bloodshed.
In the first set, Diachenko took the lead in the first set, and in the first set she defused 2 consecutive break points, and Zhang Shuai successfully cashed in on the 3rd break point. In the second set, Zhang Shuai scored four consecutive points in the serve game to save the game and make a 2-0 start. In the 3rd set, Lepcchenko lost the serve again, and Zhang Shuai led 40-0 in the 4th set, at which point Diatchenko chose to retire due to injury.
In the final match, only 13 minutes later, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai accepted the retirement gift, successfully eliminated Lepcchenko, and successfully reached the final four of the women's singles in Lyon.
This is Zhang Shuai's return to the tour final four after nearly 8 months since last year's Palermo stop. Zhang Shuai will then attack the 6th tour final of his career, and in the semi-final Zhang Shuai will face the winner between Garcia and Uyvanco.