On May 12, the third round of the women's singles in WTA1000 Rome was fully opened, and in a women's singles match that had just ended, Zheng Qinwen took the lead and won two sets in a row 6-1 and 6-2 in the case of losing one set 3-6, and reversed the Czech star Noskova with a big score of 2-1 and advanced to the round of 16.
Zheng Qinwen is currently ranked No. 8 in the world and is the No. 7 seed in the tournament and has a first-round bye. In the second round, Zheng Qinwen sent Rogers an egg and advanced to the third round strongly. In the third round, Zheng Qinwen's opponent was the Czech star Noskova. The two have played each other 1 time before, and the winner is Zheng Qinwen.
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen was not in good shape, and the success rate was only 36%. In the end, this set staged a break battle, Zheng Qinwen broke his opponent twice, but was also broken three times, and finally lost the first set 3-6. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen's service form improved, reaching 43%, and finally held serve completely in the last few games. On the serve, Zheng Qinwen broke twice again and equalized the score 6-1.
In the deciding set, both sides held serve in the first four games, and the score came to 2-2. After four games, Zheng Qinwen once again found his serve and offensive touch, won four games in a row, won 6-2 again, and won the big score 2-1 reversal to advance to the fourth round.
In the whole game, Zheng Qinwen's serving state has not reached the best state, but the offensive and receiving feel is not bad, and there has been a lot of progress in adjusting the mentality.
In the fourth round, Zheng Qinwen's opponent was Naomi Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion. Naomi Osaka has been getting better and better lately since her comeback last year, and this match will be a tough one. Whether it can equal the record of last year's quarterfinals, the key lies in this battle.
In other matches, Swiatek 2-0 Putintseva, Kerber 2-0 Sasnovic and Badosa 2-1 Schneider in Women's Singles. In the men's singles, Nadal lost 0-2 to Hurkacz and stopped in the second round. Shang Juncheng lost 1-2 to Napolitano and failed to catch this sky-shattering wealth.