On March 12, Beijing time, the second round of the 2022 WTA1000 Race Indian Wells Station continued. In earlier matches, Halep advanced with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Alexandrova and Swatake defeated Kalinina 5-7, 6-0, 6-1. Raducano defeated France's Garcia 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 in three sets.
The competition continues, and today's competition is highlighted by Zheng Qinwen, a small flower after the Chinese 00s. In the previous matches, Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue were out of the qualifiers, Zhang Shuai lost to qualifier Savile 3-6, 2-6 in the first round, the tour women's singles 5 consecutive wins were ended, and 5 of the 7 tournaments this season were unfortunately a round trip. Wang Qiang lost 3-6, 6 (5) -7 to qualifier Butzkova in the first round and has lost two consecutive games to Butzkova this year.
At Indian Wells Station, Cheng Chin-wen and Kerber will meet for the first time. This is the third time in her career that a Chinese rising star has challenged a TOP20 player, and she lost to Sakkari and Halep at the beginning of the year. The three-time Grand Slam winner has suffered a round trip at both the Australian Open and Doha, and she will strive for her first win of the season. Who do you think will win this showdown?
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen lost four consecutive sets after 2-2, and the first set was 2-6 Kerber. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen grasped the second serve to win the set, to 7-5 to win back a city, the competition between the two sides came to the decisive set of the contest, the decisive set, Zheng Qinwen missed the double break lead, at the end of the game lost five consecutive sets to lose the decider 4-6, so that Zheng Qinwen lost 1-2 to the three-time Grand Slam winner, the 15th seed Kerber, no chance to go further. Germany's star won his first win of the season.
No. 16 seed Gao Fu withstood the opponent's counterattack in the second set and defeated compatriot Liu Jingwen with a wild card 6-1, 7-6 (4) to win the first singles match. She will face former tournament champion Halep in the next round. The only previous meeting between the two sides was at Wimbledon 2019, when the Romanian won in two sets. No. 25 seed Keith defeated Misaki Doi 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to win his first win after the Australian Open.
Estonian star Kanepi scored eight consecutive innings after the opening 2-4 to defeat the 22nd seed Bencic 6-4, 6-3, reaching the third round in 11 years, which was also her best individual record (2009, 2011). Britain's Dart, who broke through from the qualifiers, reversed the 12th seed of the tournament 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win the first TOP20 victory of his career. Next, she will play against Kanepi.
In another matchup, 28th seed Samsonova defeated homegrown Ann Lee 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 against Corvinich in the next round. Former tournament runner-up and No. 23 seed Kasakina beat Homegrown Kawolnez 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. The 26th seed Costia defeated TomJanovic 6-4, 7-5 in the next round against the lucky loser Kalinskaya, who eliminated the 33rd seed Konei 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.
No. 8 seed Muguruza suddenly lost after winning nine straight sets in the opening game, 6-0, 3-0 and only one set, and finally reversed it 6-0, 3-6, 1-6 by local players, swallowing a three-game losing streak against the latter, and was out of the IW first game for two consecutive years. Risker won the world's top 10 for the first time after the 2019 Wu Net, which was also the 10th top 10 win of her career.