On April 24, the first round of the WTA1000 Madrid station was held. China's Jinhua Zhu Lin will face world No. 335 wildcard Kasintseva. In this game, Zhu Lin lost two sets in a row and lost to her opponent, unfortunately stopped in the first round, and has lost all 8 matches on the clay circuit so far in her career, and has not won the first WTA clay victory.
In the first set, Zhu Lin missed two break points in the third game, and in the fourth game, she lost her serve and fell behind 1-3 on the court. In the 7th game, Zhu Lin broke the opponent's serve, and then held serve to chase down to a 4-4 draw. In the 10th game, Zhu Lin lost four points in a row while leading 40-15 in the service game and was broken, losing the first set 4-6.
In the second set, Zhu Lin broke serve first in the third game and took a 3-1 lead. In the 6th game, the opponent broke Zhu Lin's serve and chased the game to a 3-3 draw. In the eighth game, Zhu Lin was broken in the crucial game and fell behind 3-5 in the second set. In the 9th game, the opponent held serve to win the game, and Zhu Lin lost the second set 3-6.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 46 minutes, Zhu Lin lost to Kasintseva 4-6, 3-6 and stopped in the first round of Madrid. Zhu Lin has lost six of her last seven matches, and after accumulating 10 points in this tournament, Zhu Lin is currently ranked 56th in the world.