Clay's 11-game winning streak is over! Zheng Qinwen Madrid was upset

On April 25, Beijing time, in the women's singles round of WTA1000 Madrid Station, Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen ushered in the challenge of the Russian girl Potapova, as the No. 8 seed of the tournament, she finally lost to her opponent with two 4-6 upsets and missed the top 32 of the women's singles.

Starting at last year's WTA 250 in Palermo, Zheng Qinwen defeated Errani, Martic, Christian, Parry and Mukhova in succession, and then continued to defeat Errani, Ruth, Navarro, Kerber, Swiatek and Vekic in the women's singles at the Paris Olympics to win a wave of 11 consecutive victories.

This move to Madrid is also Zheng Qinwen's clay debut in the 2025 season, but in the face of Potapova's better form and feel, it is obvious that the Chinese Jinhua is not ready, Zheng Qinwen only has 13 winning points in the whole game, but the unforced errors are as high as 30, and even the serve that he has always been proud of has only 1 ace (44% first-serve scoring rate, first-serve scoring rate 56%).

"I think the loss today was mainly due to the lack of some choices on the court, especially I felt that I needed to be more patient on clay, but when I needed to be more decisive in attack, I didn't find the balance between attack and defense today."

Talking about whether it was affected by the previous elbow injury, Zheng Qinwen made it clear that the injury no longer affects his play, especially after entering the game, he will not think about the elbow problem at all.

Looking forward to the next Rome station and the most important French Open, Zheng Qinwen bluntly said that he needs to fight one game at a time, "Clay is indeed a place that requires a lot of patience, especially the need to make more and better choices, such as slower ball speed. Then there's a lot more to do on the court and I still need to find the feeling of playing on clay. ”

Zheng Qinwen is the only top-eight seed in Madrid to miss out on the Women's Singles round of 32 this year, and in the rest of the big seeds, [1] Sabalenka knocked out qualifier Blinkova 6-3 6-4 to compete with [28] Mertens for a place in the round of 16.

[2] Swiatek eliminated wild card player Ella in three sets, and the next round opponent was [31] Noskova, [3] Pegula eliminated Germany's Liss 6-2 in two, and will face Japan's Moe Natsu Uchijima in the third round.

[4] Gauff made his Madrid debut with a hard-fought win over Ukraine's Yastremska to face compatriot Ann Lee for a place in the round of 16, while fellow compatriot and tournament No.5 seed Keith defeated Brunzetti in straight sets.

Italy's Paulini and Russia's Andreeva are seeded No. 6 and No. 7 in Madrid's Women's Singles this year, having knocked out Usain Bolt and Bouzkova respectively in the second round.(Source: Tennis House Author: Barbie)