According to Xinhua News Agency, in the quarter-finals of the French Open women's singles yesterday morning, Beijing time, the 25th seed and Chinese player Li Na regretfully lost 4:6, 6:0 and 4:6. Russian star Sharapova missed the quarterfinals and failed to refresh the best performance of a Chinese player in the French Open singles competition.
Li Na lost all four of her previous matches with Sharapova in straight sets, but this time her knee injury has not yet healed, giving Sharapova a real taste of the "pain."
Sharapova, who just returned from a 9-month absence due to a shoulder injury, was far from her peak. She had nearly ten double faults in the game and was shaved "bald" by her opponent in the second set. When Li Na hit the ball out of bounds on the last ball, Sharapova, who had a hard time winning, also shed tears on the spot.
In the second set, Li Na gained a 5:0 lead after breaking serve in the second and fourth games. However, Sharapova's own mistakes increased significantly, and she continuously hit the ball out of bounds and into the net, and was finally defeated by Li Na. 6:0 zero seal. In the final set, Sharapova tried to cheer up, but her mistakes did not improve, allowing Li Na to take a 4:3 lead. After that, Sharapova signaled the doctor to come in and perform on-site massage on her thighs.
After a brief interlude, Sharapova regrouped and took advantage of her height, long arms and strength to break serve immediately after holding serve, gaining a 5:4 lead. Li Na did not give up her opponent's serve in the last game, but the final return ball went out of bounds, allowing Sharapova to advance into the quarterfinals.
Li Na's reaching the top 16 has already rewritten her personal best result at the French Open, and tied the best result of a Chinese player at Roland Garros set by Zheng Jie in 2004.
Li Na:
4:3 thought it was 3:1
After Li Na lost to Sharapova for the fifth time and missed the French Open quarterfinals, Li Na thought that she The distraction was the reason for the reversal. She said: "The game was very difficult. But her mental quality was very good. She never gave up no matter what the score was. After leading 4:2 (in the third set), I Lack of concentration. I caught up after she broke the ball."
Li Na explained that lack of concentration was a common problem in her playing, and was not caused by any particular reason. She said: "After I was broken by her at 4:2, I thought I was leading 3:1. I sat down to rest and saw, why was it 4:3? At that time, I couldn't concentrate at all." (