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Straight down two sets to advance! Zhang Shuai reached the last 16 of Grand Slam singles for the fifth time in his career

On January 21, on the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, China's golden flower Zhang Shuai ushered in the third round of the Australian Open women's singles, which is also Zhang Shuai's 34th birthday.

Facing the American Wallynets, who broke through from the qualifying round, Zhang Shuai fell in straight sets to pass 2-0.

Straight down two sets to advance! Zhang Shuai reached the last 16 of Grand Slam singles for the fifth time in his career

Zhang Shuai

Zhang Shuai is ranked 22nd in the world, and Wolinetz is ranked 113th in the world, which is a clear gap. However, in the previous round, Wellinets defeated the tournament's No. 9 seed Kudelmetova in three sets.

The two had never fought before, and this contest, Zhang Shuai did not take it lightly, and showed his best condition from the beginning of the game.

In the first game of the match, Zhang Shuai broke serve, then successfully saved serve to take a 2-0 lead, and then with a 5-3 lead, Zhang Shuai broke his opponent's unavoidable serve to take the first set 6-3.

In the second set, Zhang Shuai continued to maintain his form, taking the lead in the 6th game and then breaking his opponent's serve again in the 8th game to win the set 6-2 and win the match.

Straight down two sets to advance! Zhang Shuai reached the last 16 of Grand Slam singles for the fifth time in his career

Zhang Shuai shook hands with his opponent.

For Zhang Shuai, the Australian Open can indeed be regarded as a blessed land. Previously, in 2016, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open women's singles, setting the best record of her career Grand Slam singles, while also ending her embarrassing history of 14 consecutive Grand Slam rounds. It is said that the Australian Open is Zhang Shuai's blessed land, but only Zhang Shuai knows how difficult his way forward is. Before winning his first Australian Open victory in 2016, Zhang Shuai played in 14 Grand Slam tournaments, all of which fell in the first round. "I thought about retiring because I won the WTA, I won the doubles title of a major tournament. But I also want to prove to people that I can win Grand Slam singles, even if it's just one game. Zhang Shuai eventually persevered and opened up a new height in his tennis career, "So far I have won the Australian Open doubles title and the tour title, I train hard every day and improve a little bit every day. ”

Now after successfully qualifying, Zhang Shuai has reached the last 16 of the Australian Open women's singles for the second time in her career and the last 16 of Grand Slam singles for the fifth time. In the next round, Zhang will face the tournament's 30th seed Pliskova for a place in the quarterfinals.

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