In the 3rd round of the 2024 Wimbledon women's singles, in a tense and exciting mistake battle, Chinese player Wang Xinyu (NO.42) completed a shocking reversal on the edge of the cliff after losing a set and falling behind 0-3 in the deciding set, and finally won 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 after chasing 6 games in a row Sending the invisible egg defeated British player Dart (NO.100) for the first time to reach the round of 16 of Wimbledon for the first time, and also avenged the reversal of the opponent's 1-2 in the final round of the WTA 250 Melbourne qualifying tournament in 2022, and ended the latter's two consecutive victories against Chinese players (Wang Yafan, Bai Zhuoxuan).
Congratulations to Wang Xinyu, who reached the round of 16 of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time in her career since last year's US Open:
- Wimbledon 2024: Round of 16 (to be continued)
- US Open 2023: Round of 16
Winning the game, Wang Xinyu scored 240 points, 226,000 pounds (about 2,104,240 yuan), and immediately ranked No.34 (+8), only 2 places away from the highest No.32 in his career.
At the same time, Wang Xinyu also became the fifth Chinese mainland player to unlock the Wimbledon Women's Singles Round of 16, congratulations!
Chinese mainland player Wimbledon round of 16 record
Zheng Jie: Top 4 in 2008
Li Na: Top 8 in 2006, 2010 and 2013
Zhang Shuai: Top 8 in 2019
Beibei: Top 16 in 2011, 2012, 2014
Wang Xinyu: Top 16 in 2024
Perhaps it was because the last round of playing Pegula consumed too much physical strength and energy, in this game, Wang Xinyu was in a mediocre state and emotionally depressed, especially in the service link dropped too much, lost the weapon of simple scoring, and was unable to play his own weapon combination punch in the regular confrontation, and was beaten by the opponent with rhythm for a long time. Fortunately, at the end of the second set, Wang Xinyu regained his form, while Dart was quick but made frequent mistakes, giving Wang Xinyu a chance.
In the whole game, Wang Xinyu did not have an ace, blasted 31 winning points and sent 47 unforced errors, 15 break points and 6 break points, and the grasp of key points still needs to be infinitely improved!
In the game, Wang Xinyu suffered many misjudgments (no less than 4 times), but fortunately all the challenges were successful, although the opponent was fighting at home, but he didn't bring such a bottomless help, right?
First set:
In the first game, Wang Xinyu took advantage of Dart's ability to serve in general, especially the weakness of the second serve, and grabbed very fiercely in the service link, although he missed 2 break points but also saved 2 game points, with Dart's forehand return ball out of bounds, he broke serve when he came up, 1-0;
In the 5th game, Wang Xinyu, who was 15-40 behind, received Dart's third double fault, and then chased the score to 40-40 with a beautiful backhand forehand ball, but unfortunately, Wang Xinyu, who got the break opportunity, failed to take away the game, and after the second deuce, Xiaoyu came again and the game was interrupted. The rain stopped and restarted, Wang Xinyu Reture Ace + the opponent returned the ball to hang the net, and broke back, 2-3;
In the first set, Wang Xinyu failed to save one of the four service games. Among them, the first-serve scoring rate is 50%, the first-serve scoring rate is 36%, and the second-serve scoring rate is 18%, and the data can only be described as bad!
Second handicap
In the second game, Wang Xinyu improved her serve and held serve in 4 consecutive games, which was also the first service game won by Wang Xinyu in this game, 1-1; In the 4th game, there were still many mistakes, and a backhand slash swept directly out of bounds, and was broken again, 1-3; In the 4th game, Wang Xinyu returned a lucky over-the-top in-bounds high ball in the extreme defense, and in the face of Dart's soft second serve, Wang Xinyu grabbed the next point, 2-3, and broke back; In the 6th game, in a desperate situation of 15-40, Wang Xinyu struggled to hold her serve, and every board had to be full and play to the extreme to score points, which was too difficult, 3-3.
In the 7th game, Wang Xinyu's state slowly came back, and he could finally play the winning shot of afterburner while carrying the opponent on the bottom line, and the second serve was also very resolute, but unfortunately, while resolving the opponent's 2 game points, Wang Xinyu also missed 1 break point, 3-4; In the 9th game, in the face of Wang Xinyu's continuous pressure, Dart's serve was in big trouble, and many empty throws also reflected that the British girl was in a hurry, but Wang Xinyu really felt bad, and continued to receive out of bounds, which was a pity, 4-5; Wang Xinyu opened with high pressure out of bounds, Dart hung the net with high pressure on the advantage ball that tied the score at 15-40, and in the last 1 point, Wang Xinyu wiped the net and the lucky ball was in bounds, 5-5.
In the 11th game, Wang Xinyu increased the cutting changes, and the accuracy of the feel gradually recovered, a backhand straight line hit Dart could only look at the ball and sigh, on the break point, Wang Xinyu grabbed the second serve, saved the break, 6-5;In the 12th game, Wang Xinyu, who led 40-15, missed 2 consecutive handicap points and sent a break point, fortunately, at the critical moment, the backhand straight line wins, the third handicap, first the high pressure did not die, and then it was a thrilling volley in front of the net, thrilling to win, 7-5 to pull back a set!
Tiebreaker
In the second game, after the deuce, Wang Xinyu returned the ball out of bounds one after another in an advantageous situation, and was broken, 0-2; in the third game, Dart fought a very wonderful straight line ball, Wang Xinyu's spirit was never raised, 0-3; In the fourth game, Wang Xinyu finally hit a volley at the game point, 1-3, holding serve; In the 5th game, after Wang Xinyu missed 3 break points, she finally seized the opportunity to cash in the break, 2-3, Dart's many low-level mistakes on her own game points gave Wang Xinyu a chance; In the 6th game, both sides experienced a decline in physical fitness and frequently sent points with unlimited mistakes, but fortunately, Wang Xinyu, who was 0-30 behind, still stabilized her position and held serve 3-3.
In the 7th game, Wang Xinyu stared at Dart's second serve and continued to pressurize, and on the second break point, Dart's bottom line did not resist the return ball and hung the net, 4-3, Wang Xinyu overtook and Dart, who lost this game, covered his face and cried bitterly; In the 8th game, the two sides played a heartbeat again, and at the break point, Wang Xinyu could only cut and deal with the suppression, but fortunately, Dart's return ball was out of the boundary, and on the second game point, Wang Xinyu won a straight forehand, winning 5 games in a row, leading 5-3!
In the 9th game, Wang Xinyu worked hard and won 6 games in a row, sending eggs to a big reversal!
In the 1/8 finals, Wang Xinyu's opponent will be the winner between No. 10 seed Jabbar and No. 21 seed Svitolina.
Head to head:
Wang Xinyu vs Abdul-Jabbar: 0-1 [2024WTA500 Berlin: 4-6, 6(4)-7]
Wang Xinyu vs Svitolina: 0-0
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