In the first round of the women's singles of the WTA Madrid station that ended in the early morning of April 24, Beijing time, Chinese player Wang Xiyu eliminated Romania's Bogdan 2-1 in three sets after a fierce battle of 3 hours and 22 minutes (202 minutes), making a good start to the clay season. The scores in the three sets were 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4) and 6-2.
In the first set, Wang Xiyu had a dream start, leading 3-0 after consecutive breaks. In the 6th game, Wang Xiyu broke again after a long stalemate, and the advantage expanded to 5-1. However, since then, Wang Xiyu's form has fluctuated greatly, and she lost 4 games in a row and was chased by Bogdan to a 5-5 draw. After that, neither side was able to break serve, and the match went into a tie-break. In the tie-break, Wang Xiyu once took a 5-2 lead, but then she lost five points in a row, lost 5-7, and unfortunately lost the first set.
In the second set, Wang Xiyu led 2-0 again at the beginning, but in the 6th game, Bogdan broke back to chase 3 draws. After that, both sides failed to break serve again, including in the 10th game, Wang Xiyu saved the match point and held serve in a thrilling way. The game once again entered the tie-break, and in the tie-break, Wang Xiyu scored 3 points in a row after 4-4, won the tie-break 7-4, and pulled back a set.
In the deciding set, Wang Xiyu, who was greatly boosted, completely gained the upper hand, and as soon as he came up, he broke the belt to establish a huge 4-0 lead. Although Bogdan once chased two games in a row and approached the score to 2-4, in the 10th game, Wang Xiyu broke again in the opponent's unprotected service game, and finally won the deciding set 6-2, thus eliminating the opponent 2-1 and advancing to the second round of Madrid.
With this victory, Wang Xiyu received 35 points and a prize of 30,255 euros. In the next round, Wang Xiyu will recruit the current world No. 1 and Polish star Swiatek.