Shuai Zhang ends 24-match losing streak with first round win at China Open
The Chinese wildcard defeated McCartney Kessler 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1) on Wednesday
Shuai Zhang, Dubai 2024
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The longest losing streak in WTA Tour history has ended with local wildcard Shuai Zhang winning her first-round match at the WTA China Open.
Zhang had lost 24 consecutive matches on the WTA Tour, dating back to January 2003 but that streak came to an end on Wednesday as she defeated American McCartney Kessler 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1) at the National Tennis Center in Beijing.
Zhang will play No 6 seed Emma Navarro in the second round. It will be the first meeting between the two players.
Beijing WTA 1000, other first round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8,955,610):
- Peyton Stearns beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-2, 6-4
- Elina Avanesyan beat Emina Bektas (LL): 6-2, 7-5
- Diane Parry beat En-Shuo Liang (Q): 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
- Katie Volynets beat Dalma Galfi (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Clara Burel beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Naomi Osaka beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-2
- Taylor Townsend beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Xinyu Wang beat Mai Hontama (LL): 6-1, 6-3
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-3
- Sofia Kenin beat Ana Bogdan: 7-5, 6-2
- Greet Minnen beat Erika Andreeva: 7-5, 6-2
- Yafan Wang vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Anna Blinkova vs. Karolina Muchova
- Zarina Diyas vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Sijia Wei
- YeXin Ma vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Anna Bondar vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Xiyu Wang
- Yufei Ren vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Harriet Dart vs. Clara Tauson
- Arina Rodionova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Xinyu Gao vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- Camila Osorio vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Meiling Wang vs. Jana Fett
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Han Shi
- Xinxin Yao vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Hailey Baptiste: wednesday
- Qiang Wang vs. Alycia Parks: wednesday
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