Chinanews.com client, October 3rd. In the French Open women's double round that ended on the 2nd local time, the 8th seed Zhang Shuai/Kudmetova defeated the Belgian combination of Ukraine 6:3, 6:3. Itfake/Minen made it to the round of 16.

In the women's singles round that ended earlier, Zhang Shuai beat Kone with 6:4, 7:6 (3), and she advanced to the top 32 and tied the best record in individual French Open singles.

　　In this women's doubles match, Chinese Golden Flower Zhang Shuai and her partner Kudmetova did not give their opponents too many opportunities. The same score of 6:3 in the two sets also confirmed this.

After qualifying for the next round, they will compete with No. 9 seeds Kenning/Matek for a ticket to the quarterfinals.

　　While doubles is advancing steadily, Zhang Shuai also performed well in this year's French Open singles match.

　　Although 4 match points were wasted, in the women's singles round, Zhang Shuai finally beat his old rival Kone with 6:4, 7:6 (3) and advanced to the top 32.

At this point, Zhang Shuai has tied the best record of her career in French Open singles in 2017, and this is also the third round of Grand Slam singles after this year's Australian Open.

　　After the game, Zhang Shuai said, "I am quite satisfied with my performance and have performed well in every aspect of targeted training. Facing the match point, there is a chance to play before the net but the high pressure is not over. This is what I need later. Something to train again."

　　Zhang Shuai also said frankly that he cherishes the opportunity of this competition.

　　"Paris has always been a city I like very much. I really like playing in Roland Garros. It was my childhood dream. In the past few years, even if I lost the game, two or three times were very close, and they were all matched. Excellent clay court player. I am very excited to participate in the Grand Slam tournament in such a special year. I also cherish this opportunity and hope to continue to have a good performance."

　　Striving to reach the second week of the French Open for the first time, this is one of Zhang Shuai's goals. Her opponent in the next round is the local wild card teenager Breer.

The two played against each other in Strasbourg last week, when Zhang Shuai won in two straight sets.

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