Shenzhen: Seed no.2 Errani struggles in opener against world no.146

A difficult start of the season for Sara Errani that struggles to shrug off Sasai Zheng in the Shenzen Open.

Sara started in style to bagel (6-0) the young Chinese, but then she just got lost to lose the second set 6-3 and to win at the breaker of the third set. In the decisive set Sara had even to recover a 2-4 deficit, but the experience of Italian helped to get through this weird situation. (match stats)

In the next round Sara will play against Vania King that has defeated Petra Martic 7-5 4-6 6-3. Head to head is 1-1

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