Shuai Zhang's unpredictable comeback in Beijing!

le 01/10/2024 à 11h32

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Tennis really isn't a predictable sport.

After 24 consecutive defeats and not having won a match since January 2023 (WTA 250 Lyon), Shuai Zhang, now ranked 595th in the world, has won four matches in a row to qualify for the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 Beijing.

Invited as a bit of a surprise by the Chinese tournament organizers, the 35-year-old bluffed her way through.

Having already knocked out two seeded players, Emma Navarro in the second round (6-4, 6-2) and Magdalena Frech in the round of 16 (6-4, 6-2), Zhang is completely back on home soil and will now attempt to stop Paula Badosa in the next round.

Irresistible as she is, she will be at least 249th in the world at the next ranking, a jump of 346 places.

Zhang Shuai

81e, 843 points

Navarro E • 6

Zhang S • WC

Frech M • 23

Pékin

Draw

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Let's make that wish for all 2000 plus players hoping for 5 wins each day. Hoping ŵhen we open the results page to see all green, and no red. And especially NO CANCELED matches.

From me and my rotti JAZ, I bid you all good night, and see you in...

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I love tennis

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why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Chwalinska and Huergo at the Quito tournament? The match was played to completion and on time. If TT feels the match is one sided, and of course it was, then don't put it up for prediction. This is getting irritating.

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The finals are here, and we scramble for the best finish. I've been chasing "King" all year and I was able to shrink the spread a little. Skelp is also closing the gap.

Seasons best to all the regulars in our league.

Will you all be back in the new year.?

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Steffi Graf completed a Golden Slam (not just a career Grand Slam) when she was 19. She is the only person to accomplish that, winning the four majors plus Olympic gold the same calendar year.

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