On April 7, Beijing time, the second round of the 2022 WTA500 Charleston women's singles competition continued. The No. 16 seed of the tournament, China Jinhua Zhang Shuai still failed to get out of the slump, and in the match with Liu Jingwen, Zhang Shuai lost in three sets, which surprised all fans. At the same time, Zheng Qinwen, another small flower of the Chinese team, also failed to continue the fiery feel, and the opponent Alexandrova did not qualify for the women's singles round of 16. The two Chinese women's singles and doubles were out, which disappointed everyone to the extreme. Judging from the game, Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen both had a chance to win, but due to the lack of consistency of the game, they were eventually staged by the opponent to reverse the good play.
This Game in Charleston is a warm-up game for clay season. Zheng Qinwen said in an interview that this is her first time to participate in the green court competition, hoping to get good results and prepare for the clay season. In the first round of the game, Zheng Qinwen made people shine, facing the US women's singles Grand Slam champion Stephens, China Jinhua was full of firepower in the whole game, defeating the opponent in the cold, and winning the world's top 50 players for the first time in his career. Originally, everyone expected Zheng Qinwen to continue to work hard and create a career best in this competition, but did not want her to say goodbye to the field in the second round by withdrawing.
It is worth mentioning that Zheng Qinwen chose to retire when he fell behind 2:5 in the decider, which also triggered controversy among many foreign fans. Some netizens said that Zheng Qinwen did not seem to want to accept the fact of defeat, or did not want to be directly defeated by the opponent Alessandrova, and only chose to withdraw from the game when the other party won two more points. Some fans even said in a mocking way that Zheng Qinwen did not have a big picture view, and it was difficult to show the style of a general, and the temperament of this game may directly determine that she is unlikely to win a Grand Slam title.
However, in this game, Zheng Qinwen still brought surprises, and she blasted a total of 19 Ace balls in the whole game, setting a new record for the highest single Ace ball in the WTA in the 2022 season. The veteran Zhang Shuai's exit is somewhat unexpected. In the decider, she and her opponent Liu Jingwen fought to a draw of 3, but due to poor weather, the match was interrupted. After returning to the court, Zhang Shuai actually had no hand, and after being broken by her opponent, she had to hand over the fruits of the victory of the game and did not qualify for the women's singles round of 16.
Liu Jingwen, who won, beat the world's top 50 players for the third time in her career. With the exit of Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen, the game at Charleston, China's Jinhua once again suffered a disaster. A third of the 2022 season has passed, Zhang Shuai won the women's singles championship in Lyon, Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan won the women's doubles championship in Indian Wells, and although China Jinhua did not achieve too dazzling results, the overall performance has exceeded expectations. Clay season is just around the corner, and good luck to the girls!
(Luo Treasurer)