Zhang Shuai defeated Osaka Naomi!The world ranking has risen to 41st, and it is expected to become a Chinese women's singles sister

On August 17, 2022, in the first round of the WTA1000 Cincinnati women's singles, the Chinese star Zhang Shuai defeated the four Grand Slam championship at the 6-4/7-5 straight sets, and the second round of the runner-up Osaka Osaka in the predecessor. Zhang Shuai ranked 14th in the world, and was only two in the ranking of Zheng Qinwen, who ranked 39th, and was expected to overtake Zheng Qinwen to become a sister of Chinese women's singles.

This competition is the sixth confrontation between Zhang Shuai and Osaka Naomi. The first five results are 2 wins and 3 losses. But in this game, Zhang Shuai has been stabilizing, showing her high goal rate, which can be said to win very simply. It is worth mentioning that in the second set of games, Osaka Naomi broke Zhang Shuai's goal game at 4: 5, but this did not affect Zhang Shuai. Zhang Shuai did not win the chance to win Naomi Osaka, but then broke the opponent's serve at a critical moment with a perfect serve and won the game.

Zhang Shuai won the victory of this game, mainly due to her super high goal rate. In this game, Zhang Shuai scored 85%, while Naomi Osaka was only 53%. Although Naomi Osaka issued 10 ACE balls, less than 60%of the goal rate was obviously dragged on her hind legs. In addition, when Osaka Naomi was in the bottom line, as many as 29 non -acceptable mistakes appeared. Compared with Zhang Shuai, who fired the ball, Osaka Naomi fell significantly.

Despite winning the competition, Zhang Shuai still kept humble and carefully found his shortcomings. After the game, she said: "At the beginning of the game, my serve feels very good, this is something that has troubled me in the past two weeks. I tried to make some changes and received a certain effect. My serving data today. It's good, but the real feeling is not the case. But in any case, I won the game, this is the best. I think my serve will always have a good day. "In the face of the opponent, she is full of respect. For Osaka Naomi, Zhang Shuai said, "I am very happy to play with Osaka Naomi, we are friends. She is a very good player, but maybe I don't think it is good today. I don't know this, but I am sure that she is not in my own today. The best state. "

Winning this competition undoubtedly brought great encouragement to Zhang Shuai, who has recently performed sluggish in the singles field. In the second round, Zhang Shuai will fight against Russian player Alexandrova to compete for a women's single 16 seats. If Zhang Shuai can continue to maintain its current strength and play a super high goal rate, it is not a problem to defeat Alexandva. If Zhang Shuai can win, her ranking will be more than 19 years old, Zheng Qinwen, who will return to the Chinese women's single sister's throne.

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