In the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA500 Stuttgart station was contested, and China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai competed in the competition, and her opponent was Alexandrova, who was ranked 39th in the world. The two sides have met twice before, each winning 1. Today's game between the two people is extremely fierce, Zhang Shuai double snatched seven losses 0-2 regrets the opponent, in this tournament encountered a round of travel.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai won two consecutive break points 40-15 in the second set, but Alexandrova withstood the pressure to complete the save. In the first 12 innings, both sides saved serves, and the first set went into a steal of seven. Zhang Shuai wasted a 4-0 lead in the seventh set, losing the first set 5-7 to the opponent.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai defused four break points in the second set to save serve, and in the fourth set, Alexandrova took the lead to take a 3-1 lead. In the 5th set, Zhang Shuai completed the re-break, and then saved the hair to chase 3-3. In the 8th set, Zhang Shuai lost the serve again, and then Zhang Shuai broke the opponent's serve in the 9th set to win the game. In the 10th and 12th innings, Zhang Shuai saved two final points to save serve, and the game once again went into the seventh game. Zhang Shuai missed the set at 6-5 in the seventh set, and the opponent won the second set 8-6 with 3 consecutive points.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 48 minutes, Alexandrova, who was ranked 39th in the world, defeated China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai 7-6 (5)/7-6 (6) to successfully reach the second round of the women's singles. In the second round she will face the winner between Kerber and Kontawirt. Zhang Shuai suffered a singles round trip in this tournament, but then she also played in doubles with her partner Gauff as the top seed.