“In the 3rd round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, the 35-year-old tennis player easily handled Gret Minnen”, — write: sport.ua
In the 3rd round, the Chinese woman easily coped with Great Minnen (Belgium, WTA 94) in 1 hour and 17 minutes.
WTA 1000 Beijing. Hard. Round of 16
Zhang Shuai (China) – Grett Minnen (Belgium) – 6:2, 6:3
This was the first meeting of the rivals.
Zhang broke a record streak of 24 consecutive defeats in the capital of China. Now the experienced athlete already has 3 victories in a row: over McCartney Kessler, Emma Navarro (!) and Minnen.
In the 1/8 finals, Zhang Shuai will play against the 23rd-seeded Magdalena French (WTA 31) from Poland.
Zhang Shuai became the third player outside the WTA top 500 to reach the round of 16 at a WTA 1000-level event in 2024, after Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber. Until this season, only two tennis players ranked below 500 reached this stage.
3 Ws in a row for a place in the last 16 🤩@zhangshuai121 | #ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/jiUv2BXodf
— wta (@WTA) September 29, 2024