On April 24, in the first round of the WTA1000 Madrid station, Zhang Shuai of China's Jinhua met Rogers of the United States. The two sides have played each other 3 times before, and Zhang Shuai has a 2-1 advantage. In this game, Zhang Shuai still failed to find his former form, losing two sets in a row and losing to his opponent in two sets, suffering 20 consecutive defeats in singles on the tour.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai was broken by his opponent in the second game and fell behind 0-3 in the opening game. In the fourth game, Zhang Shuai sent two break points 15-40, and she scored four points in a row to resolve the break points and hold serve. In the ninth game, Rodgers successfully held serve in the service game, and Zhang Shuai lost the first set 3-6.
In the third game of the second set, Zhang Shuai lost his serve, and his opponent then held serve to take a 3-1 lead. In the 7th game, Zhang Shuai was broken by his opponent again, and Rodgers led 5-2 to win the service game. In the eighth game, Rodgers successfully held serve, and Zhang Shuai lost the second set 2-6.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 02 minutes, Zhang Shuai lost 3-6, 2-6 to Rodgers, ranked 350 in the world, and stopped in the first round of Madrid. Zhang Shuai, who lost, suffered 20 consecutive singles defeats on the cross-season tour, continuing to set a new WTA record for the longest losing streak. Advancing Rodgers will face seventh seed Vondrousova in the next round.