Zhang Shuai, 33 years old, is currently ranked 42nd in the world and is still a chinese tennis sister. After playing tennis for 27 years and breaking into the professional arena for 16 years, Zhang Shuai won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles, twice reached the 8th round of Grand Slam women's singles, and won the WTA Tour singles championship three times. But in her, the most talked about is that she has encountered 14 consecutive Grand Slam rounds, but finally phoenix nirvana.
2008: 1 defeat
Zhang Shuai's first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament was at the 2008 US Open, when she won the No. 4 seed Kuznetsova in the first round after breaking through from the qualifiers. The huge gap in strength made the game suspenseful, Zhang Shuai lost 0-2, swallowing the first defeat of the Grand Slam regular tournament. And the first time she won the big seed, it actually foreshadowed her more unbearable signing luck in the next many years of Grand Slam competitions.
2010: 1 defeat
At the 2010 French Open, Zhang Shuai broke through from the qualifiers again, losing 0-2 in the first round of the main round to the 20th seed, the Russian macho Petrova.
2011: 4 defeats
At the 2011 Australian Open, Zhang Shuai directly entered the main tournament with the 91st place ranking, and finally drew a non-seed, but it was Safalova, who was ranked 35th in the world. After three fierce sets, Zhang Shuai passed by the first grand slam victory. In the same year, Zhang Shuai drew the 29th seed Hantukova and lost 0-2.
At Wimbledon, Zhang Shuai again drew the 12th seed Kuznetsova, and was reversed after winning a set 6-3. In the US Open, Zhang Shuai lost 0-2 to No. 15 seed Cibulkova. In her first season, when she played four Grand Slams in full, she was directly shortlisted for the main tournament, but all of them were out of the first round.
2012: 2 defeats
At the 2012 Australian Open, Zhang Shuai, who fell to 127th in the world ranking, received a regular wild card and won the first round of the world's 102nd Canadian player Wozniak. Just when people thought her first Grand Slam singles win was coming, she lost 0-2 under too much pressure. In the same year, she broke through from the qualifiers and lost 2-0 in the first round to 10th seed Kerber.
2014: 4 defeats
Zhang Shuai, who has returned from injury, achieved good results in 2013, and the world ranking is close to the TOP50, which makes her win in Grand Slam singles seem close at hand, but the reality is still cruel. At the Australian Open, Zhang Shuai won the first round of the world's 39th place Battle, losing 0-2, 9 consecutive defeats in the Grand Slam singles main tournament.
At the French Open, Zhang Shuai won the No. 3 seed Radwanska, and when he learned of this news, Zhang Shuai actually covered his face and cried bitterly, which shows how much continuous rounds of travel have hit her. The result was not unexpected, Zhang Shuai swallowed the egg and lost, losing 10 consecutive defeats. Wimbledon lost 2-0 to No. 15 seed Navarro for an 11-game losing streak. Playing as the No. 32 seed in the US Open, she still has no confidence, losing 2-0 to Battle for the second time in the year, losing 12 consecutive games.
2015: 2 defeats
Time came to 2015, Zhang Shuai still continued his unbearable signing. The Australian Open drew the 19th seeded family, 0-2 quick defeat, 13 consecutive defeats. At the French Open, Zhang Shuai, whose world ranking plummeted to 122, drew in the first round of the 12th seed Karp, who was not good at playing clay, and unfortunately lost 6 (4) -7, 4-6, losing 14 consecutively.
After 14 consecutive defeats, Zhang Shuai's self-confidence was almost exhausted and he was ready to retire. At this time, the famous Australian Stosur found Zhang Shuai, said that she was very good, let her insist on another year, if there is still no improvement, and then choose to leave. As a result, the tennis world has the legend of Zhang Shuai's victory over Halep in the first round of the 2016 Australian Open and reaching the quarterfinals in one fell swoop.
I still remember Melbourne in 2016, Zhang Shuai cried bitterly in the face of reporters' questions about 14 consecutive defeats after defeating Halep. Even if you think back to that picture now, people can't help but wet their eyes - a strong girl Zhang Shuai, worthy of everyone's respect!
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