On May 27, Beijing time, the 2019 French Open entered the competition for the second matchday of the main tournament. In a contest in the women's singles arena, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai ushered in the challenge of the World No. 129 American Player Lepchenko. In the past, Zhang Shuai and his opponents had a record of 4 games, and Zhang Shuai achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. The match was also the first time the two had met on clay, after the two had played each other twice on hard and clay.
Facing an opponent whose strength and form are inferior to his own, Zhang Shuai hopes to use a victory to advance to the second round. In the first set, Zhang Shuai took the lead in serving, and she easily saved the first set. Then in the opponent's serve Zhang Shuai chased 4 points in a row to complete the break in the case of 15-40, and then in the third set Zhang Shuai easily saved the serve again, and in the fourth set Zhang Shuai scored 4 consecutive points to break again, and took a 4-0 lead in the first set.
In the fifth set, Zhang Shuai still did not give her opponent a chance in her own serve, and she easily saved her serve and then took a 5-0 lead in the first set. Lepcchenko completed her first serve in the first set in her own unavoidable serve and she also trailed the score to 1-5. However, Zhang Shuai did not give up at the critical moment, and after easily winning the set, Zhang Shuai won the first set 6-1.
Lepchenko took the lead at the beginning of the second set, and in the first set she struggled to save the ball, and then Zhang Shuai also easily saved her serve in her own set. In the third set, Zhang Shuai completed the first break of the second set of the game, and she scored 4 consecutive points to break the opponent's serve. Zhang Shuai, who completed the break, played more and more easily, and in the fourth set she scored 4 consecutive points to maintain the love game to maintain the success, and established a 3-1 lead in the second set.
After that, Zhang Shuai played more and more confidently, and in the 5th set of the game in the service set of Lepchenko, Zhang Shuai scored 4 consecutive points to complete the break, and in the second set Zhang Shuai took a 4-1 lead. Zhang Shuai then managed to save his serve again, and the 5-1 match came to Lepuchenko's indispensable serve. At the crucial moment, although Lepcchenko saved a match point, Zhang Shuai seized the opportunity to break again and won the second set 6-1.
Finally, in this game that took only 52 minutes, Zhang Shuai defeated Lepuchenko with two 6-1 scores and successfully entered the second round of the French Open women's singles, which is also the fourth consecutive year that China Jinhua Zhang Shuai has entered the second round of the French Open women's singles. In the second round, Zhang Shuai's opponent will be Kanepi, who upset and eliminated 18th seed Gerges to advance to the second round.