As happened in the final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for the gold medal, the Chinese Zheng Qinwen (no. 7) beat Croatian Donna Vekic again (no. 24) and confirmed its presence in quarterfinals of the US Openwhere he will face the world number 2, Aryna Sabalenkawho beat Elise Mertens without a problem. It will be a repeat of the Australian Open final, where the Belarusian clearly won, in two sets.
Zheng He did not have it easy and after winning the first set in a tie-break (7-6(2)), saw how the Croatian responded to the second with a 4-6. In the decider, he was virtually unopposed and won a 6-2in a rivalry that ended up being historic, because It didn’t end until 2:15 on Monday.new york time, thus beating the previous night’s record for a women’s match at the US Open by two minutes.
“It’s nice to always play in the night session because I’m used to it… It’s my first time playing here in New York at two in the morning. It’s amazing,” said Zheng, who “thanked the fans for don. ‘t sleep. ” tonight and they support me here.”
Serena, Venus, Graf… and Zheng?
With this victory, the Chinese aims to become the fourth woman to win Olympic gold and the US Open title in the same yearafter Serena Williams (2012), Venus Williams (2000) and Steffi Graf (1988).
“It’s really hard to play on hard courts, it puts pressure on me,” added Zheng.
Source: La Verdad
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