China's first sister Zheng Qinwen was upset again, and she was out of the Madrid tennis tournament for the second consecutive year

China's first sister Zheng Qinwen was upset again! The 8th seed Zheng Qinwen made her debut in the women's singles round of the 2025 Madrid Tennis Championships on the 25th local time, and lost to Russian opponent Potapova 4:6 in two games, missing the first victory on clay in Europe this season, and also eliminated the tournament for the second consecutive year.

China's first sister Zheng Qinwen was upset again

The men's and women's co-op, WTA 1000-point clay tournament is taking place in the Spanish capital. Zheng Qinwen, who is ranked 8th in the women's singles world, was exempted in the first round, facing Potapova, who was ranked 39th, but failed to continue the advantage of 3-1 in the past match, especially the poor scoring rate and scoring rate of the first serve, coupled with the high unforced errors, he was broken in the second game of the opening game.

Zheng Qinwen regained her strength in the second set, after breaking serve first in the 3rd game, she was bitten back by Potapova in the 8th game, and there was no way to retreat, and in the 10th game, her serve was abnormal again, and she fell in the second set in advance, and had no choice but to sit back and watch her opponent advance to the round of 32. Technical statistics show that Zheng Qinwen only sent one ace in the whole game, and the success rate of one serve was only 42%. In addition, Zheng Qinwen made a whopping 30 unforced errors.