Upset in Beijing: Wang Yafan’s China Tennis Open Dreams Shattered in Round One
Release date: 2024-09-27 07:31
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At the China Tennis Open, Wang Yafan was eliminated in the first round of the women’s singles. Wang Yafan, the host golfer in yellow dress, faced the 20-year-old American player Gruga. He entered the game quickly and created 6 break points in the first set. He grabbed 2 of them in the fifth and ninth games respectively. Wang Yafan won first. 6-3. Encouraged by the home fans, the start went smoothly, but the performance in the next two sets was inaccurate. Wang Yafan, ranked 58th in the world, had a first-serve scoring rate that dropped from 91% in the first set to 67% in the second set. He was defeated twice by Guru. Break of serve and lost 4-6. The final set dropped to less than 40%. Although there was a break of serve, he blocked Guruga’s smash at the net, returned to the backcourt, and solved it with a slash, but this kind of performance can only be regarded as an occasional masterpiece. After that, the time belonged to Guruga, who was ranked 68th. After pressing the diagonal line, he turned around and hit the other side, gaining momentum and breaking serve three times. As a result, Gurujia won 6-2 again and advanced 2-1 in the reverse set, facing Sun Lulu in the second round. The blue-shirted Muchova faced Bilengaowa in the first round. She scored 85% of the points on the first serve and broke serve 5 times. In the end, Muchova won two sets in a row 6-1 and spent about an hour easily. After advancing, they will face Chinese golfer Yuan Yue in the second round.
