China News Agency, Paris, October 3 (Reporter Li Yang) On the 3rd local time, Chinese player Zhang Shuai defeated the French rookie Bieler in the third round of the 2020 French Open and made his first promotion to the top 16 of the French Open.
Data map: Zhang Shuai in the game.
The 31-year-old Zhang Shuai is currently ranked 39th in the world. In the first round of the 2020 French Open, he eliminated the 2017 US Open women’s singles runner-up Keith 6:3, 7:6, and then in the second round with 6:4, 7:6. Defeated the French local player Kone.
Born in 2001, Bieler ranked 357th in the world and participated in the French Open with a wild card. However, Bieler was a young rookie and eliminated his opponents in the first two rounds.
Zhang Shuai just had a contest with Bieler at the Strasbourg Open last week. Zhang Shuai won 6:3, 7:6, thus occupying a psychological advantage.
Zhang Shuai competed fiercely with Bieler on the 3rd, and the match lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai saved 3 points when he fell behind 3:5, and then successfully dragged his opponent into the "Tiebreak", took the initiative in the "Tiebreak", and finally won the first set 7:6.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai and Bieler had each other's wins and losses. The scores of the two sides rose alternately and broke each other. Some commentators described it as a "long tug of war". In the end, Zhang Shuai played more stable and won the 7th 5th place. In the second set, advanced to the top 16.
By winning this game, Zhang Shuai created his personal French Open best result.
The No. 7 seed, Czech star Kvitova defeated Canadian player Fernandez 7:5, 6:3 in the French Open that day, and entered the round of 16.
Kvitova entered the 2012 French Open women's singles semifinals and was the runner-up of the 2019 Australian Open women's singles.
Zhang Shuai’s opponent in the next round is Kvitova, which is considered to be the biggest test Zhang Shuai will face in the 2020 French Open.
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