Speaking of Roland Galos, the beginning of the story may not be beautiful. 20 10 Zhang Shuai, a fledgling, made her debut in Paris, winning all three qualifiers. In the first round of women's singles, she lost only three games against Russian star petrova. In the following five years, China Jinhua played in the French Open women's singles four times, but failed to win the championship. Because of bad luck, the lowest opponent Zhang Shuai faced in the first round was Hantuchova, ranked 29th in the world at that time, and the highest was Allard Wanska, a TOP3 general.
20 16, China Jinhua, who played in the women's singles match of the French Open for the sixth time, defeated Kazakstan's Woskopoyeva 7-5, 6-2, winning the first career French Open singles. Tianjin girl who returned to Paris after a year beat Vicky and Sasnovich and broke into the top 32, further refreshing her French Open record. In the 20 18 and 20 19 seasons, Zhang Shuai stopped the second round for two consecutive years.
In the 2020 season, the tour was interrupted because of the epidemic. After the restart of the season, as the only China Jinhua who participated in the US-Europe competition in succession, Zhang Shuai once again stood on Roland Galos's field. This time, she is no longer "afraid" of the clay court as before. In the clay warm-up match before the French Open, she beat Tom Janovich and bierer in Strasbourg to enter the quarter-finals. Although it lost to Lebakina, the result of the quarter-finals of clay court made China Jinhua regain a lot of status and confidence!
In the third round of the 2020 French Open women's singles, Zhang Shuai defeated bierer 7: 6 (2) and 7: 5, and 16 successfully advanced. Tianjin girl not only created the best record of her career in the French Open, but also became the first China player to top the French Open 16 after Li Na's 20 12. Earlier, Zhang Shuai defeated former US Open runner-up Keith and local star Konath in straight sets.
Although two-time Grand Slam winner Kvitova lost 0-2 in the final of18, and was able to break into the 16 clay Grand Slam, which she was not good at, it was not easy for Zhang Shuai. "For China players and Asian players, it's really difficult to achieve such results on clay court, because we always do well in other venues. This time I tried my best to hit my opponent, and I didn't think too much. Even off the court, I'm relaxed. After all, there are not many competitions this year, and playing one is one. " In an interview after the game, Zhang Shuai said that he got the European visa at the last minute, and even almost failed to participate in the French Open, so he was very lucky to be able to call 16 all the way.
In 20021season, due to a serious shoulder injury, Zhang Shuai was unable to serve normally with his right hand raised, which greatly reduced the competitiveness of China Jinhua on the court. In the WTA250 Strasbourg match held the week before the French Open, Zhang Shuai defeated Japanese star Misaki Doi in straight sets in the first round, which ushered in a long-lost singles victory. In doubles, I partnered with my teammate Xu, and reached the Madrid 1/4 finals and Belgrade 1/4 finals respectively, and began to show signs of recovery. I hope that the next roland garros China Jinhua, who gradually walks out of the injury haze, can play well in the clay court in Paris and get good results. After all, last year in North America, after the hard floor trough, Zhang Shuai moved to the European clay court to seek a breakthrough and surprise!
Anyway, we look forward to Zhang Shuai, phoenix nirvana, reborn!
(Text, Editor/Nai Juntu/vision china)