He tennis It’s one of those games defeat It is widely accepted. In every race every weekall players except the hero lose. It is common though good tennis players ending the season with several defeats that is unusual in other studies.
However, there are more difficult situations recovery may take a long time time. A clear example is China Zhang Shuai, who this week in Beijing won again after 603 days and 24 defeats.
What is the story of Zhang Shuai, the tennis player who avoided the longest record without winning a match?
After a long time, the tennis player won again
Zhang Shuai won Wednesday against McCartney Kessler and 7-6 (7-5) and 7-6 (7-1) in the first round WTA 1000 in Beijing.
Earlier, during his administration, when he held office 22 in the world rankinghe managed to defeat Madison Brengle in the first round, but that was it has been removed and Belgian Maryna Zenevska.
From that time on, his work became very difficult, which made him leave down to 595 in a group.
After his recent victory, Shuai feels it release. “I think it was a good time. My first win in the WTA tournament was at the China Open 15 years agoand the next day I won number one at the time, Dinara Safina.”responded the player on the official website of the WTA. “Maybe God has a plan”.
What is the longest streak without winning a match in tennis history?
In tennis history, only one player has more consecutive wins than Zhang Shuai: the Swede. Madeleine Pagelwho faced the problem of 29 defeated in the women’s area between 1968 and 1972.
However, Pegel managed to win another match in the Federation Cup, now known as the Billie Jean King Cup.
In the community masculineThe history of consecutive defeats belongs to America Spadea winswho reached 18th in the ATP rankings. Spadea suffered 21 consecutive losses between October 1999 and June 2000.