On April 26, Beijing time, in the second round of the women's singles in Madrid WTA1000 2024, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen faced off against Putintseva. Zheng Qinwen lost 5-7 in the first set and fell behind 0-2 in the second set, announcing that he would retire due to injury and end the tournament early, hoping that Zheng Qinwen could recover soon. With Zheng Qinwen's injury and retirement, all the Chinese Jinhua players were out of the tournament in this tournament.
Zheng Qinwen, as the No. 6 seed in the women's singles of this tournament, enjoys a first-round bye. Zheng Qinwen faced Putintseva in the second round of the women's singles, and in the second round of last year's French Open, Zheng Qinwen lost 1-2 to his opponent.
Now the two sides ushered in the second meeting of their careers, and Zheng Qinwen broke in the first game in the first set, but was immediately broken by his opponent. The first four games of the two sides each held serve to draw 2-2, and Zheng Qinwen broke again in the fifth game, but was also immediately broken by Putintseva. Zheng Qinwen lost two games in a row, and fell behind 3-5 in the first eight games.
Zheng Qinwen then broke the belt to chase two games in a row, and the first ten games were tied at 5-5. It's just that Zheng Qinwen lost two more games at the end of the set, and was broken by his opponent again in the 12th game, thus losing the first set 5-7.
Entering the second set, Zheng Qinwen announced her retirement due to injury after falling behind 0-2, ending the tournament early, so she lost against Putintseva twice in her career.
After finishing runner-up in the women's singles at the Australian Open, Zheng Qinwen has been in a slump lately, exiting early in Stuttgart, Indian Wells and Doha.