On July 25, China's women's tennis star Zheng Saisai, after ending the Olympic women's singles competition, partnered Duan Yingying to participate in the first round of doubles. As a result, the Chinese duo faced the Czech duo of Pliskova/Vandrosova at one point and lost 7 consecutive sets. In this way, Zheng Saisai's competition in this Tokyo Olympic Games has all ended.
This is Zheng Saisai's second participation in the Olympic Games. In the singles event, Zheng Saisai encountered Japanese host Naomi Osaka in the first round, resulting in two sets of defeat. In the women's doubles arena, Zheng Saisai / Duan Yingying played in the women's doubles event for the first time in five months. The two have had a good record of cooperation before, and in 2019, the French Open had all the way to the final. In the first round, against the Czech duo Ka Pliskova/Vandrosova, the opponents also had no Olympic experience.
In the first set, Zheng Saisai/ Duan Yingying opened slowly, and the first two serves were broken by the Czech combination, and they also fell behind 0-4 in the set. Although Zheng Saisai/Duan Yingying broke back two sets in a row, Ka-Pliskova/Wandrosova then played a small climax of 8-1, winning the first set 6-2 after two consecutive sets.
In the second set, Zheng Saisai / Duan Yingying still did not adjust out of the state, the result was another consecutive break, the score was quickly brought to 5-0 by the Czech combination, although the Chinese combination saved one of its own serves in the sixth set and avoided swallowing eggs in the second set, but Ka Pliskova / Wandrasova then did not give the Chinese combination any chance at all in her own service win, and after a strong four-point strong serve, it was 6-1 to the next set, thus eliminating Zheng Saisai / Duan Yingying and strongly advancing to the women's doubles round of 16.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Chu Peng
Editor/Yingchuan Zhang