In the second round of the singles at the 2024 WTA500 Stuttgart station, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen fought in three sets and finally lost to Kosdick 1-2 and missed the quarterfinals.
And the most regrettable thing for fans is that Zheng Qinwen was reversed when he led 5-3 in the deciding set and won the game with a serve, especially the fatal double fault at a critical moment, which completely affected the result of the game. In the end, Zheng Qinwen lost 2-6 6-4 5-7 to Ukrainian rising star Kostyk.
So far, the quarterfinals of the women's singles in Stuttgart have all been produced. Next 1/4 Finals:
Swiatek vs Raducanu
Rybakina vs Paulini
Costik vs Gauff
Vondrousova vs Sabalenka
And another Chinese golden flower came with good news. In the second round of the WTA 250 Rouen singles, fourth seed Yuan Yue also played in three sets to defeat Frenchman Gracheva 6-4 4-6 7-6(6) to reach the quarterfinals of her first clay-court tournament. Next, she will face American Stephens for a place in the semi-finals.
What's more worth mentioning is that Zheng Qinwen and Yuan Yue have both successfully entered the singles main draw of this year's French Open. Also shortlisted are Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Zhu Lin, Wang Yafan, Bai Zhuoxuan and Zhang Zhizhen.
Among them, Zheng Qinwen is the player with the best ranking and record in the active women's ranking. Especially this season, Zheng Qinwen made a historic appearance in the Australian Open women's singles final, and although he won the runner-up in the end, Zheng Qinwen's progress is still very fast. Currently, Zheng Qinwen is ranked No. 7 in the world, and her best result at the French Open is the fourth round in 2022.
Yuan Yue won her first WTA Tour title at the Austin Open, then defeated Dalia Kasatkina in the fourth round of the Indian Wells 1000 to defeat a Top 15 player for the second time in her career and reach the quarterfinals of her first 1000 tournament with nine straight wins. With this victory, Yuan Yue also became the first Chinese Jinhua to reach the quarterfinals of IW since Li Na in 2014. Currently, Yuan Yue is ranked 36th in the rankings, making her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament at the French Open.
In addition, Wang Xinyu is ranked 43rd and her best result at the French Open is in the third round in 2023, Wang Xiyu is ranked 49th in the world and has a record in the first round of the French Open in 2021, Zhu Lin is ranked 32nd in the world and has played in the main draw of the French Open four times, and Wang Yafan is ranked 78th in the world and has played in the main draw of the French Open twice. Zhang is ranked 49th in the world and reached the third round of the French Open last year.
Overall, Zheng Qinwen is still the best performer of all Chinese players, which has made many fans have high hopes for her, hoping that she can reach a new all-time high.