Missed 5 match point opportunities! Zheng Qinwen fought hard for 160 minutes and unfortunately missed the quarterfinals in Stuttgart

In the early morning of April 19, the second round of the WTA 500 Stuttgart station was held. Zheng Qinwen, the first sister of China's Golden Flower, will face world No. 27 Kostyuk. Zheng Qinwen missed 5 match point opportunities, and finally lost 1-2 to the opponent, unfortunately stopping and missing the quarterfinals.

In the first set, Zheng Qinwen was broken by his opponent in the second game and fell behind Kostyuk 0-3 in the opening game. In the eighth game, Zheng Qinwen was broken by his opponent again in the first set with no way out, and lost the first set 2-6.

In the second set, Zheng Qinwen completed a key break in the ninth game and led 5-4 to win the set. Zheng then successfully held serve in the 10th game to win the set and dragged the game into the deciding set 6-4.

In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve with four consecutive points, and then held serve to get a 2-0 start. In the 10th game, Zheng Qinwen fell into a tough battle on serve, and she missed five match point opportunities and was broken by her opponent. In the 12th game, Zheng Qinwen fell into a tough battle again in a game that had to be saved, and she ended the match with a bye double fault.

In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 40 minutes, No. 5 seed Zheng Qinwen lost to Kostyuk 2-6, 6-4, 5-7 and unfortunately missed out on the quarterfinals. Kostyuk won her second game of the season and her fifth career match against the top 10 and will face Gauff across the net after advancing to the quarterfinals.