The four remaining Chinese singles players in Madrid, Zheng Qinwen, Shang Juncheng, Wang Xinyu and Wang Xiyu, all suffered losses in the second round and missed the third round. With the exit of Shang Juncheng and Zheng Qinwen, the nine Chinese singles players who entered the main draw of the Madrid tournament have all been wiped out, with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses.
If there is a pity for who loses in the second round, it is none other than the men's singles Shang Juncheng, who suffered a key misjudgment in the first set and lost. The first act took place in the 11th game of the first set, when Shang Juncheng fell behind 5-6, but with a game point in hand, it meant that as long as Shang Juncheng scored this point, he could drag the match into a tie-break.
Shang Juncheng played very aggressively in this point, first using a powerful serve to grasp the initiative, then mobilizing the opponent at a large angle on both sides, and finally releasing a small ball to force Fokina to chase hard. At this time, the controversy arose, Fokina chased the ball and returned to Shang Juncheng's court, Shang Juncheng was not in a hurry and made a mistake. Immediately, Shang Juncheng questioned the ball, thinking that it had made two jumps, but the referee did not accept it.
Through the slow-motion replay, we can clearly see that the ball has jumped twice, and it was the ball that landed first, and Fokina's racket reached the ball, which means that this point should be awarded to Shang Juncheng. After being misjudged by the crucial point, the young Shang Juncheng's mentality changed, and he eventually lost 5-7, 3-6. In the second set, Shang Juncheng even used his underhand serve twice. The opponent's Fokina's quality has also been questioned, and under normal circumstances, many tennis players will correct the referee's decision in time after the referee's misjudgment.
Another Chinese player, Zheng Qinwen, retired from 5-7/0-2 down to send Putintseva to the third round. Zheng Qinwen's withdrawal has long been traced. At the pre-match press conference in Madrid, Zheng Qinwen admitted that he suffered a leg injury while playing in Stuttgart and is still trying to recover. For Zheng Qinwen, taking care of injuries is the most important thing, the game is every week, and the body is the capital.
Wang Xiyu lost 1-6, 4-6 to world No.1 Swiatek in the second round, while Swiatek faced Kostya in the next round, while Wang Xinyu lost 1-6, 4-6 to 21st seed Garcia. In the main match of this Madrid tournament, 9 Chinese players have achieved 3 wins and 9 losses, and all of them have missed the third round. The three victories came from Wang Xinyu 2-1 Tomova in the first round, Wang Xiyu 2-1 Bogdan in the first round and Shang Juncheng 2-1 Mutaite in the first round, while the nine defeats were Zheng Qinwen retired, Yuan Yue 0-2 Putintseva, Wang Xinyu 0-2 Garcia, Wang Xiyu 0-2 Swiatek, Shang Juncheng 1-2 Fokina, Zhu Lin 0-2 Kasintseva, Bai Zhuoxuan 0-2 Dolehyde, Zhang Shuai 0-2 Rogers and Zhang Zhizhen 0-2 Kecmanovic.