Zheng Qinwen swept 2-0! He entered the top 16 of Rome for three consecutive years, and his opponent + time will be confirmed in the next round

In the early morning of May 12, the third round of the women's singles in WTA1000 Rome Station was played against Fletcher. In the end, Zheng Qinwen won two sets in a row with 6-3 and 6-2, and advanced to the quarterfinals with his head held high. His opponent in the next round is Andrescu, the 121st-ranked world, and the game will be played at 0:30 am tomorrow.

Roman Station is a blessed land for Zheng Qinwen, because he has advanced to the quarterfinals in the past two years. After eliminating Serbian player Danilovic 2-0 in the last round, Zheng Qinwen has won 7 games in the Roma station, making her best record in the 1,000 level.

Now, Zheng Qinwen is qualifying for the top 16, and his opponent is Polish player Fletcher, who eliminated former world number one Azarenka in the last round. The two sides tied 1-1 twice, and this game was also the first time the two met on clay.

Since the new season, Fletcher has been in a mediocre form, with 6 wins and 11 losses in the Tour and has not defeated the TOP10 games. Zheng Qinwen can win this opponent with a normal performance.

In the first set, Zheng Qinwen opened high and closed low, and all three serves held the serve, plus two breaks, leading the way at the beginning 5-0. Judging from the performance of the first five games, the two sides are not at the same level at all, and their states are very different, and Zheng Qinwen has formed suppression in all aspects.

However, from the sixth game, Zheng Qinwen's game feel suddenly disappeared, allowing Fletcher to find the game state. After resolutely defending the serve in this game, he then broke Zheng Qinwen's serve for the first time and chased the score to 3-5.

Faced with Fletcher's counterattack, Zheng Qinwen finally withstood the pressure in the ninth game, successfully retained the serve, and won the first set 6-3. According to statistics, Zheng Qinwen's first-time success rate and first-time scoring rate are not as good as Fletcher, but he won the second-time scoring rate, 60% to 52%.

Entered the second set, Zheng Qinwen broke Fletcher's serve as soon as he came up, directly hitting the opponent's confidence in wanting to counterattack. In the second game, Zheng Qinwen's serve made consecutive small balls, scored in front of the net, successfully retained the serve, and led 2-0 at the beginning.

In the third game, Fletcher completed the service holder in the desperate situation, and then broke the service in the fourth game. He scored a tennis ball in one lucky draw and tied 2-2.

At the critical moment, Zheng Qinwen once again withstood the pressure, broke and defended the fifth and sixth games, pulling the score to 4-2 to take the initiative. In the seventh and eighth rounds, Zheng Qinwen continued to break and protect, winning another set with a score of 6-2, and advanced to the quarterfinals of Roma for three consecutive years.