On the evening of April 24, Beijing time, the first round of the women's singles of the 2024 WTA Madrid Station, Zhang Shuai played against Rodgers, and in the end, Zhang Shuai lost two sets in a row with a score of 0-2, and also suffered 20 consecutive defeats in cross-season singles, falling into a trough, and it was too difficult to win a game.
Zhang Shuai is the former Chinese first sister, has had an excellent performance in doubles, but recently in the singles results are relatively bad, the previous Miami station in the first round, Zhang Shuai lost four games in a row after the deciding set 4-2, and finally lost to Saville 4-6 6-2 4-6, as a result, she suffered a cross-season singles 19 consecutive defeats, it is really a bit distressing, such a veteran, when will he be able to end the losing streak? The current Zhang Shuai, the world ranking is only 671st.
Of course, Rodgers is not very strong now, ranked 352nd in the world. The two have only played each other 1 before, with Brendan Rodgers winning.
In the first set, Rodgers broke the tie and scored a 3-0 start! In the fourth game, Zhang Shuai struggled to hold serve to stop the decline 1-3. In the 7th game, Rodgers held serve again 5-2, and in the 9th game, Rogers successfully cashed in his serve to win the set, taking the next game 6-3 and leading Zhang Shuai 1-0.
In the second set, in the third game, Rodgers took the lead to break serve 2-1, and then dropped four straight points to hold serve 3-1, and in the sixth game, Rodgers loved the game again to hold serve 4-2. In the 7th game, Zhang Shuai missed the game point, and Rodgers broke again to 5-2. In the 8th game, Rodgers cashed in his serve to win the game, easily won another set 6-2, and easily advanced with a big score of 2-0.
Zhang Shuai, when will he be able to end the losing streak?