In the early morning of April 26, Beijing time, the 2024 Madrid Open tennis tournament continued, and in a women's singles focus match, China's golden flower Wang Xiyu lost two sets in a row 1-6 and 4-6, and lost to the world No. 1 Swiatek 0-2!
Wang Xiyu had never played against Swiatek before, so this was an encounter, and in terms of strength, the gap between the two was of course very large. Swiatek has won four Grand Slam titles, three of which were at the French Open, and is known as the "Queen of Clay"! Currently, Swiatek is also ranked No. 1 in the world and is the top seed in the women's singles at the Madrid Open. Despite their strength on clay, Swiatek has never won a title in Madrid, which may be the only relative positive for China's Jinhua Wang Xiyu, who is ranked 52nd in the world.
Last season, Wang Xiyu won the first championship of his career, and he still has the ability. In this Madrid Open, Wang Xiyu defeated Bogdan 6 (5)-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the first round of women's singles for 3 hours and 21 minutes. In this battle, facing the world's No. 1 Swiatek, Wang Xiyu lost 1-6 in the first set without any chance, and Wang Xiyu in the second set improved his state, once tied the game score 4-4, but Swiatek made a key break in the tenth game and won another set with a score of 6-4, Wang Xiyu was swept 0-2 and lost to Swiatek in the second round. Through this competition, Wang Xiyu fully felt Swiatek's strength on clay, realized the gap between himself and the top players, trained hard, and continued to improve.
In the men's singles field, the king of clay Nadal performed strongly in the first round, facing the wild card teenager Blanche, Nadal easily won two consecutive sets, 6-1 in the first set, and 6-0 in the second set! In the next round, Nadal met De Minaur again, which was also the second consecutive week that the two met each other, after Nadal lost 0-2 in the second round of the men's singles at the Barcelona Open last week, and De Minaur handed Nadal his first defeat since his comeback.
Chinese men's tennis brother Zhang Zhizhen also participated in this tournament, last year at the Madrid Masters, Zhang Zhizhen went all the way to the quarterfinals to create a new history of Chinese men's tennis, but this year, Zhang Zhizhen stopped early in the first round, losing 3-6, 2-6 to Serbian good player Kecmanovic.