On April 20, Beijing time, the first round of the WTA250 Istanbul station was contested, and China's Jinhua Wang Rose competed, and her opponent was Spain's Tomo. After two sets of fierce fighting, the No. 7 seed Tomo eliminated Wang Qiang, who broke through the qualifiers, 2-0 and successfully reached the second round.
In the first set, Wang Qiang was broken by his opponent in the second set, and Tomo started with a 3-0 lead. In the 6th set, Wang Qiang saved the break point and stubbornly saved the serve, after which both sides saved the set, and Tomo won the first set 6-3 after the 9th set.
Tomo broke successfully in the second set, and in the second set she took a 2-0 lead in love game. In the 4th set, Wang Qiang broke the opponent's serve and chased the set to 2-2. Tomo broke again in the 5th set and she kept a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Wang Qiang lost the serve again, and Tomo ushered in the service to win the game. In the 8th set, Tomo deflected two consecutive break points to hold serve and win the second set 6-2.
Finally, in a match that took 1 hour and 33 minutes, Tomo, who is ranked 47th in the world, defeated China's Jinhua Wang Qiang 6-3, 6-2 to successfully reach the second round of women's singles. Wang Qiang regrettably missed the round, and her next tournament is the WTA1000 Madrid Qualifier next week.