On the evening of April 26, Beijing time, in the second round of the women's singles of the 2024WTA1000 Madrid Station, Zheng Qinwen played against Putintseva, Zheng Qinwen lost 5-7 in the first set, and there was a sudden situation after 0-2 in the second set.
Zheng Qinwen is China's first sister, ranked 8th in the world, and won the Australian Open runner-up this season, but after that, Zheng Qinwen's results were not ideal. In this tournament, Zheng Qinwen played as the No. 6 seed and had a bye in the first round. Putintseva defeated China's Jinhua Yuan Yue 6-2 and 6-4 in the first round to reach the second round. The two have only met once before, which occurred at last year's French Open, when Putintseva won in three sets, and now that they meet again, can Zheng Qinwen complete revenge?
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve when he came up, and Putintseva quickly broke back to 1-1. In the 5th game, Zheng Qinwen broke again 3-2, and in the 6th game, Putintseva broke back 3-3 again. In the 8th game, Putintseva broke serve 5-3, and in the 9th game, Zheng Qinwen broke serve by four straight points, and then held serve 5-5 with great difficulty. In the 11th game, Putintseva struggled to hold serve 6-5. In the 12th game, Zheng Qinwen was broken after wasting multiple game points, and Putintseva took the lead 7-5.
After the end of the first set, Zheng Qinwen called a medical timeout. After the medical timeout, in the second set, after Putintseva 2-0, Zheng Qinwen chose to retire, and her thigh was also wrapped in a thick bandage, which still looked like she was still affected by the injury, and finally could not hold on.
I hope Zheng Qinwen is fine!