As the defending champion of Lyon, Zhang Shuai took to the stadium under the enthusiastic cheers of the fans. As a result, she lived up to expectations, sweeping former TPO40 player Brengel in straight sets in just 60 minutes, and advancing to the next round.
In the first round of the women's singles match of the Lyon 250, Zhang Shuai, the sister of China's Jinhua, faced American player Brengel. The current world ranking, Zhang Shuai 23, Brungel 80, the previous highest ranking 35.
In this season's warm-up match in Australia, Zhang Shuai did not perform well; But at the Australian Open, Zhang Shuai performed well, reaching the round of 16 all the way. However, affected by the collapse of doubles, Zhang Shuai finally lost to Karp, and unfortunately could not go further. Compared with Zhang Shuai, Brungel's general form this season, plus the Australian Open main match, has been played by three consecutive rounds. However, she reached the round of 16 at the 2015 Australian Open, and her strength should not be underestimated.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai served first. The two held serve in the first five sets, and Zhang Shuai took a 3-2 lead with the advantage of starting the game. In the 6th game, Zhang Shuai stepped up his hair extension, and at the last moment, he won with a backhand diagonal after a snatch to complete the break first. After dropping four straight points in the seventh game, Zhang Shuai established a break advantage at 5-2. In the 9th game, Zhang Shuai successfully cashed his serve to win the set, winning in only 27 minutes. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Shuai gave his opponent 0 break points in the first set.
In the second set, the two entered mutual breaking mode at the beginning and did not give in to each other. In the fourth game, Zhang Shuai took the lead after saving two break points to take a 3-1 lead. In the crucial 7th game, Zhang Shuai took advantage of his opponent's double mistake to usher in the break point again, and won the last-minute break to complete the break again. After winning this game, Zhang Shuai raised his arms to celebrate, and Coach Liu Shuo on the sidelines also continued to applaud her. In the 8th game, Zhang Shuai scored 2 consecutive points after being cleared by his opponent, and issued a goodbye ACE at the last moment, finally ending the suspense 6-2 and sweeping the opponent 2-0. The match lasted only 60 minutes.
Witnessing Zhang Shuai's outstanding performance, the fans once again gave warm applause. And Zhang Shuai also waved to the fans, and thanked the fans again in an interview with the media.
The data shows that Zhang Shuai has 2 ACEs, 3 double errors, a scoring rate of 66.7% in the first serve, 68% in the second serve, and 4 of the 10 break points, showing a good state. In this competition, are you optimistic that Zhang Shuai will defend his title?