WTA Miami: Zheng Qinwen defeated Davis in straight sets to get off to a good start

On March 20, local time, the women's singles round of the WTA1000 Miami station began, and the No. 9 seed Zheng Qinwen took 77 minutes to defeat local player Davis 6-1/7-5 to advance to the women's singles round of 32, she hit 12 aces and 23 winning points in this game, and the instant ranking rose to No.8. Although Zheng Qinwen broke serve first in the second set, he was then overtaken by Davis, but fortunately, China's Jinhua withstood the opponent's counterattack and finally won in straight sets.

Zheng Qinwen said in the post-match interview: "The match was not easy, it looked smooth at first, but after the second set 3-1, the opponent played more and more comfortably, and hit some winning points, but I continued to fight for every point, I am happy to win, I love playing in Miami." She said that the heat in Miami didn't bother her too much, "For me, it's hot or cool, and when I played in the Olympics, it was much hotter than that, and I think I can handle it." ”

Zheng Qinwen

With the improvement of physical condition and competitive condition, coupled with the return of coach Riba to the team, Zheng Qinwen gradually walked out of the trough at the beginning of the year, she said: "I think the thing I miss the most is that he (Ribba) is always very strict with me on the court, urging me to keep working hard and not letting me have a chance to relax. That's why I've been able to keep going. During those three months when he was not with me, something went wrong with my body...... I couldn't devote myself to training. Now it seems that I am moving in a good direction. ”

Zheng's third-round opponent is another local player, Townsend Thompson, who is ranked No. 2 in doubles, and she made it from qualifying to the main draw, beating compatriot Ann Lee and 19th seed Putintseva to advance to the third round. Zheng Qinwen and Townsend had only met once in the Miami qualifiers six years ago, when she lost in three sets.

In the remaining Women's Singles matches, past two-year runners-up Rybakina lost 4-6, 6-2, 4-6 to homegrown Krueger, who claimed her first career Top 10 victory, and Kruger faced 26th seed Fernandes in the third round. Top seed Sabalenka swept past Tomova 6-3, 6-0 and will face qualifier Ruse in the third round, who eliminated Fletcher 6-4, 6-4. Sabalenka and Zheng Qinwen are currently seeded in the quarter-finals (Rybakina [7], Putintseva [19], Vekic [21], Fletcher [29]).

Defending champion Collins

Defending champion and 14th seed Collins defeated Kostya 6-4, 7-6(3) against qualifier Masalova in the third round. Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka defeated 24th seed Samsonova 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round to face wildcard Baptiste, who came back from behind to beat 12th seed Kasatkina 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Third seed Gauff needed just 47 minutes to beat former Australian Open champion Kenin 6-0, 6-0 to beat her opponent twice this season to face 28th seed Sakkari in the third round.

China's Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan, who are wild cards, beat fifth seeds Zhan Haoqing/Kudermetova 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the Women's Doubles round of 16, where they will face the winner of Andreyeva/Schneider and local wildcard pair Kessler/Montgomery.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)