On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, in the third round of the WTA Rome 1000 level tournament, Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen reversed the Czech player Noskova 2:1, the opponent was the Swiatek finisher, after winning, Zheng Qinwen not only got 120 points, but also took away 52,480 US dollars in bonuses, and will face Naomi Osaka in the fourth round to compete for a place in the top 8.
In this Rome tournament, Zheng Qinwen played as the No. 7 seed, and got a bye in the first round, and in the second round, Zheng Qinwen sent the egg to American player Rogers 6:2, 6:0; And Noskova, as the No. 29 seeded player, also had a bye in the first round, and met local player Stefanini in the second round, Noskova won 2:0 and met Zheng Qinwen, the two sides had a previous encounter, it was in the ITF Challenge in 2021, Zheng Qinwen won in straight sets, the score was 7:5, 6:4, but after three years, both of them have changed a lot, Zheng Qinwen has now come to the 8th place in the world, and Noskova has also risen to 31st, in terms of age, Zheng Qinwen is 21 years old, Noskova is 19 years old.
In the first set, Noskova served first, and she showed a very strong performance as soon as she came up, not only easily holding serve, but also breaking Zheng Qinwen's serve in the second game, and the 2:0 lead in the opening game scared the Chinese fans, but this advantage did not last long, and was soon successfully broken by Zheng Qinwen with four straight points, that is, the third game, so the two sides returned to the same running line, but unfortunately, because of the bad state, Zheng Qinwen's first-serve goal rate was too low, and the advantage was well played, And she also made a lot of unforced errors, and in the end, Noskova took the next game 6:3 with the advantage of breaking one more service game.
The game came to the second set, because there was a set in hand, Noskova also began to swing, and Zheng Qinwen's side, after adjusting the state, also seized this opportunity very well, the beginning was to break the belt to take a 3:0 lead, and the situation was also very good, but the advantage was not big, there was only one break game, so Zheng Qinwen could not take it lightly, fortunately, he withstood the pressure, and finally only let Noskova get one game, Zheng Qinwen pulled back a set with a score of 6:1.
In the third set, Noskova re-launched the impact, and her state was suddenly very different from the second set, although she got two break points in the second game, but in the end she did not succeed, which made Zheng Qinwen breathe a sigh of relief, so the first four games of the two sides were back and forth and tied 2:2, until the fifth game, that is, Noskova's serve, Zheng Qinwen grabbed Noskova's serve and fell, and then fell four straight points to break, after establishing an advantage, Noskova's state plummeted, and Zheng Qinwen then became more and more courageous, In the end, he broke the tie and took away the victory of the game 6:2.
Summing up this game, neither of them played at the level they should have, it can only be said that this game is as ugly as it should be, Noskova is more like a bad swing, and Zheng Qinwen is not much better, it may be because of the state problem, but Zheng Qinwen's desire to win is a little stronger, so he laughed to the end, although the process is a little ugly, but the ending is good, and it also covers up a lot of deficiencies, I just hope she goes back to adjust well, and uses the best state to face Naomi Osaka, continue to work hard!