Original title: 200th win! Zhang Shuai won 7 matches in a row, beat Martic for the first time and entered the semi-finals of Tokyo Station
CCTV News: On September 23, Beijing time, the Tokyo Station WTA500 2022 will start the women’s quarter-final competition. The Chinese player Zhang Shuai played a winning streak of 7. Although he missed 3 match points in the first set and lost his serve to win the match, he missed 4 match points in the second set and lost his serve to win the match, but he still 7-5 / 6-2. The first sister defeated Croatian Martic in straight sets and won the first win against opponents three times. She became the only mainland Chinese player to progress to the singles semi-finals at this tournament after Li Na in 2009. This is Zhang Shuaiji. After Lyon Station and Birmingham Station, this is the third time this season that she has reached the semi-finals of the women’s singles on the tour.
In the first set, when Zhang Shuai took the lead in the 8th game to break serve to take a 5-3 lead, although he missed three points and lost his serve to win the match, he won the first set 7-5 with another break at the end of the set.
In the second set, Martic’s serving condition declined, and the mood of the match was not high. Zhang Shuai played five games in quick succession. Although he missed 4 match points in the first serve win and was broken, Zhang Shuai eventually won the next set 6-2, defeating Martic in straight sets and advancing to the women’s singles in Tokyo Station The top four!
With this victory, Zhang Shuai won 185 points and a bonus of US$42,010, and raised his ranking to 25. At the same time, Zhang Shuai also won the 200th win of the Tour Women’s singles main match in his career.
