The first round of the 2024 Wimbledon women's singles will begin. As the first sister of Jinhua, Zheng Qinwen broke out in a big upset, she lost two sets in a row to New Zealand's Chinese player Sun Lulu 1-2 after winning one set, and stopped in the first round of Wimbledon for two consecutive years, which is also the highest seeded player in the men's and women's singles so far.
Opponent Profile:
Sun Lulu was born in New Zealand to a Chinese mother and a Croatian father, immigrated to Switzerland with her mother at the age of 8, and her stepfather was a German who grew up in the UK. Sun Lulu speaks Chinese and has represented New Zealand at the Youth Olympic Games and Wimbledon in 18 years; As a teenager, she represented Switzerland as a runner-up in the Australian Open in women's doubles and in the quarterfinals of women's singles.
Competition Overview:
In the first set, both sides successfully held serve in the first four games, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in the fifth game to complete the break, but was successfully broken by the opponent in the sixth game. Zheng Qinwen broke serve in the seventh game and held serve in the eighth game to extend the lead, although Sun Lulu held serve in the ninth game, Zheng Qinwen won four straight points in the service game.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen lost 4 games in a row after a 2-2 draw and was pulled back by his opponent; In the third set, Zheng Qinwen and Sun Lulu opened the hold mode, and the first eight games of both sides completed their own outbreaks, Zheng Qinwen was scored 4 points in a row by the opponent in the 10th game, thus losing the whole game with another set 4-6, and the total score was 1-2 after the first round of the 23 round.
Technical Statistics:
From the perspective of technical statistics, Zheng Qinwen is behind in 9 of 11 statistics, she is only ahead of Sun Lulu in aces and winning points, and the rest includes double faults, first-serve and second-serve goal percentage, success rate, break point grasp and unforced errors. And in the last service game, Zheng Qinwen lost 4 points in a row, and the match point was double-faulted.
[Zheng Qinwen's leading data]: Aces ball 7-3; Winning points 28-24;
[Zheng Qinwen's backward data]: double error 8-1; 52%-56% first-serve goal rate; 76%-80% first-serve scoring rate; The second serve scoring rate is 44%-53%; 50%-78% in front of the net; 25%-57% break point; unforced errors 26–18; The total score is 74-85.
Out of the waste of good signs:
With Zheng Qinwen out, three-quarters of the two big seeds are out. Before the start of the first round, Sabalenka, the No. 3 seed in the tournament, announced that she was retiring from the tournament due to a shoulder injury. I thought that Zheng Qinwen could seize this opportunity and create good results at Wimbledon, but I didn't expect her to also play in one round. Sarica is currently the highest-ranked player in the division. In addition, this is also Sun Lulu's first victory in the main draw of the Grand Slam, and the first win in the TOP10 of her career, and the first time in the instant ranking to enter the Top100!
Appraise:
Zheng Qinwen needs to change coaches and hire a psychological counselor. Technically, there are fewer weapons capable of scoring; From a psychological point of view, Zheng Qinwen played very one-sidedly and was not smart enough, and when he encountered difficulties, his state basically fell all the way and he made many mistakes. Zheng Qinwen ended the grass court season with 3 wins and 8 losses.