WTA1000 Rome ended two matches that attracted the attention of Chinese fans, namely Jinhua's first sister Zheng Qinwen reversing Czech teenager Noskova and Chinese men's tennis star Shang Juncheng losing 11 games in a row to Italian wild card player Napolitano. Zheng Qinwen not only advanced to the round of 16, but also received good news, that is, the top eight seeds of the French Open are certain.
Zheng's opponent in the third round, Noskova, is a strong attacker. In the first set, Zheng Qinwen did not adapt to Noskova's strength and ball speed, and quickly lost 3-6; In the second and third sets, as Zheng Qinwen gradually found his sense and adapted to the opposite style of play, he quickly successfully reversed 6-1 and 6-2 to reach the round of 16.
From the perspective of technical statistics, Zheng Qinwen's first-serve success rate is not high, only 42%, but the first-serve scoring rate is as high as 83%, the second-serve scoring rate is also 46%, and he grasped 6 of the 8 break opportunities. Relying on the super high first-serve scoring rate and break rate, Zheng Qinwen had the last laugh. With this victory, Zheng Qinwen became the fifth Chinese player to defeat the top 30 in Rome. At present, Zheng Qinwen has won five games in Rome, second only to Li Na's 10.
Even more gratifying is that with Zheng Qinwen reaching the round of 16 and two main rivals, world No. 9 Jabbar and world No. 10 Kasatkina, stopping in the third round, the top eight seeds at the French Open have been basically secured. At present, Zheng Qinwen has 3850 points, and only Ostapenko, who is ranked 11th, has a chance to surpass, but only if Zheng Qinwen is eliminated in the next round and Ostapenko wins the championship.
In the next round, Zheng Qinwen's opponent is former world No. 1 and Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka, which is not only an Asian derby, but also a revenge battle for Zheng Qinwen. Zheng Qinwen and Naomi Osaka have a "grudge against the teacher". After Zheng Qinwen stopped in the second round of the French Open last year, he announced the end of his partnership with Pere Riba and the appointment of Fisette as the new coach. But only 3 months later, Fisette unilaterally broke the contract and switched to his old club Naomi Osaka.
Talking about this past, Zheng Qinwen said that if it was just two or three months after the incident, he might have felt a little bit of gnashing of teeth, but now that so much time has passed, in fact, he has almost forgotten about it, so he will play this ball as a normal game. The current record between the two is that Zheng Qinwen is 0-1 behind. After no longer the pressure to retain the top eight seeds at the French Open, I hope Zheng Qinwen can let go of his hands and feet to fight for his opponent.
In the second round of the men's singles match between Shang Juncheng and Napolitano, Shang Juncheng failed to grasp the advantage of winning the first set, and finally lost 11 games in a row and was eliminated, with a score of 7-6(4)/1-6/0-6. In this competition, Shang Juncheng played as a lucky loser, and his opponent was shortlisted by a wild card. thought that Shang Juncheng would be able to advance to the third round by relying on good luck, but unfortunately it suddenly collapsed. In the first round of the Women's Doubles, Zhang Shuai/Linette lost to Andreeva/Zvonareva 5-7/3-6, suffering four consecutive defeats on clay.