In a key match in the second round of the women's singles in Stuttgart, which ended in the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, Chinese player Zheng Qinwen lost to Kostyuk 1-2 after three sets and unfortunately missed the top 8. The scores in the three sets were 2-6, 6-4 and 5-7.
In this competition, Zheng Qinwen participated as the No. 5 seed in the tournament, and she fell in straight sets in the first round, eliminating Kostya and advancing to the round of 16. And in the second round, she encountered the Ukrainian good player Kostyuk. In the first set, Zheng Qinwen was slow to enter the state, and was broken in the second game as soon as he came up. At the beginning of the game, it fell into a disadvantageous situation of falling behind 0-3. In the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen was broken again in the unavoidable service game and lost the first set 2-6.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen quickly adjusted his condition. In the crucial 9th game, Zheng Qinwen completed the first break of the match, and in the 10th game, she successfully won her own serve to win the set and pull back a set 6-4.
In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen made a perfect start, breaking Koschuk's serve as soon as he came up and taking a 2-0 lead. However, in the 10th game, Zheng Qinwen won the game on his own serve, and his form fluctuated again, wasting 5 match points and being broken, and Koschuk chased the total score to 5 draws. Zheng Qinwen, who had a fluctuating mentality after that, was broken again in the 12th game of the service game, and sent a goodbye double fault at the opponent's match point, and finally lost the deciding set 5-7, thus being eliminated with a total score of 1-2 and missing the top 8.
In this competition, Zheng Qinwen scored 60 points, and the instant world ranking fell from 7th to 8th. Next, Zheng Qinwen will play in the Madrid WTA1000, and I hope that Zheng Qinwen can adjust his mentality in time and achieve good results in Madrid.