In the early morning of March 24, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA1000 Indian Wells Station began to compete, and Zhang Shuai, the Chinese Jinhua Zhang Shuai, met with The World No. 40 Towson. In this game, the two sides fought fiercely in three sets, and Zhang Shuai accepted the opponent's retirement gift when leading 2-1 in the decider set, and successfully advanced to the second round of women's singles.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai was broken in the 3rd set, and in the 4th set, Towson saved three consecutive break points to save serves and take a 3-1 lead. Zhang Shuai lost again in the 5th set, and then she broke the opponent's serve in the 6th set. In the 7th set, Zhang Shuai defused 3 break points to save the serve, and in the 8th set she broke the opponent's serve and stubbornly chased the set to 4-4. In the 10th set, Zhang Shuai successfully saved the set in the serve to win the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai was broken by the opponent as soon as he came up, and Towson love game maintained a 2-0 lead. In the 6th set, Zhang Shuai missed two break point opportunities, and TaoSen stubbornly saved the success. In the 10th set, Towson won the set on the serve and she saved the second set 6-4.
In the decider, Zhang Shuai was broken in the first set, and in the second set, Towson lost the serve, and Zhang Shuai broke and chased 1-1. In the third game, Zhang Shuai successfully saved his hair and took a 2-1 lead, at which time Towson chose to retire and send Zhang Shuai to the second round.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 2 minutes, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai defeated Denmark's Tao Sen 6-4, 4-6, 2-1ret. In the next round, Zhang Shuai will face the 24th seed Costia, who bye in the first round.