Chinese tennis has been full of ups and downs in recent days. After Wang Xiyu, Wang Xinyu also made up a god-level script in Madrid. In the duel with Tomova, Wang Xinyu saved as many as 10 match points in the second set after losing in the first set, and finally eliminated her opponent in 3 sets and advanced to the next round in a thrilling way.
In the first round of the Madrid 1000 Women's Singles, China's Jinhua Wang Xinyu faced Bulgaria's Tomova. At present, Wang Xinyu is ranked 42 in the world, and his opponent is 81. The two sides have played each other twice before, winning one each. Last season, Wang Xinyu suddenly broke out, in addition to breaking through the third round of the French Open and the fourth round of the US Open in singles, she also won the women's doubles championship at the French Open. But this season, her form has been in a slump, and she stopped in the first round of the Australian Open, reaching the semi-finals at Hua Hin 250. His opponent reached the quarterfinals in Hobart and the second round at the Australian Open.
In the first set, Wang Xinyu entered the state quickly, breaking the opening game to maintain a 2-0 lead, but then her form declined, and was broken by her opponent in the 4th, 10th and 12th games respectively, and finally lost a set 5-7.
In the second set, Wang Xinyu's state still did not improve, and she lost 4 games in a row at the beginning. But after that, the familiar script returned, Wang Xinyu saved 3 match points in the 8th game, and frantically saved 7 match points in the 9th game, and finally won 5 games in a row after 2-5, winning 7-5 and equalizing the score.
In the deciding set, Wang Xinyu was unstoppable, leading 3-0 in the opening game, and after breaking serve in the 7th game, she resolved her opponent's 2 break points in the 10th game, and finally won another set 6-4, eliminated the opponent with a big score of 2-1, and advanced to the next round.
The battle took 2 hours and 49 minutes. Wang Xinyu 5 aces, 5 double faults, 67% first-serve goal rate, 56 first-serve points, 20 break points to cash 8. With this victory, she got off to a great start to the clay season, with 35 points, €30,255 in prize money, and an instant 40th place finish.