In the first round of the women's singles main tournament of the WTA1000 Indian Wells Super Tournament, China's 19-year-old Xiaohua Zheng Qinwen lived up to expectations, defeating Russia's veteran Zwonareva, who had won Grand Slam runner-up, 2-0 (6-3/ 6-2) to reach the second round of women's singles for the first time in her career, and the next opponent will be former Wimbledon champion Germany's 15th seed Kerber!
Zheng Qinwen is a new star in the Chinese women's tennis world in 2022, her thick hair even surpassed her previous peers Wang Xinyu and Wang Xiyu, the second king was once regarded as the hope of the Chinese tennis world in the past, but at present, Zheng Qinwen's performance this year exceeds the second king, and the 3 young players of the 2022 Australian Open will join hands to reach the second round of women's singles, but the competition Wang Xinyu stopped qualifying. At present, Zheng Qinwen is ranked 74th in the world women's singles, the second place in the Chinese women's network, and the highest ranking Zhang Shuai has come to 41st. Zheng Qinwen directly qualified for the Indian Wells Top Tournament with the world ranking, and the opponent Zvonareva in the first round came to No. 2 in the highest world ranking, and was the runner-up winner of the women's singles of two Grand Slams.
Since Zheng Qinwen and Zvonareva had played each other at this year's Australian Open, when Zheng Qinwen defeated the veteran in a 2-1 battle to advance, zheng Qinwen played more actively in the second meeting. In the first 2 sets of the game, both sides patiently held each other on the bottom line, waiting for the opponent's mistake to send points, after their respective serves, the 3rd set of Zheng Qinwen's serve was broken point by Zvonareva, fortunately, in time to resolve the success of the preservation, in the 4th set Zheng Qinwen forced out Zvonareva 2 break points did not cash in, the two sides are still even. In the 6th set, Zheng Qinwen continued to press forward step by step, and Zvonareva made an unforced mistake, allowing Zheng Qinwen to seize the opportunity and make his first break after the opening. With a 4-2 lead, both sides each saved one set, and in the 9th set Zheng Qinwen had a thrill to save the break point and easily won 6-3.
In the second set, Zvonareva took the lead in serving, she used the serve to disrupt the rhythm of Zheng Qinwen, successfully achieved the preservation of serve, the second set continued to be strong, once forced 3 break points in the Zheng Qinwen service game, but the rush failed to cash in, Zheng Qinwen struggled to save the serve. Then Zvonareva continued to save the serve, and in the 4th set to get the break point, but unfortunately lost the break again, Zheng Qinwen, who twice escaped the break point, launched a counterattack in the 5th set, and made the second break of the game with a fatal blow, and after pulling the score 4-2, Zheng Qinwen became more and more courageous, not only saved the serve but also continued to exert pressure on the opponent's non-guaranteed serve, and after the successful break, he eliminated the Russian veteran Zvonareva, and entered the second round of the women's singles of the crown event for the first time in his career.
Zheng Qinwen's opponent in the next round, Germany's No. 15 seed Kerber, once defeated Serena Williams at wimbledon to win the championship, and was also one of the main rivals in Li Na's peak, Zheng Qinwen was young and vigorous, and Kerber's recent results were not outstanding, zheng Qinwen is expected to continue to break through to the third round of women's singles.