Zheng has suffered defeats in all three of her previous encounters against Sabalenka. Despite the disadvantage in their head-to-head record, Zheng still believes that the final will be a closely contested match. "If I can perform my best tomorrow, it will be a 50-50 chance between me and ...
World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka demolished Olympic gold medallist Zheng Qinwen to reach a fourth successive US Open semi-final on Tuesday. Australian Open champion Sabalenka, runner-up to Coco Gauff in New York last year, triump...
"It was important that I got the early break, that was an advantage because it's tough to face her," said Sabalenka after her 73-minute win which saw Zheng hit just nine winners. The 13th-seeded Navarro reached her maiden Slam semi-final earlier Tuesday with a straight-sets victory...
Alexandrova will play Elise Mertens in the Round of 16 on Thursday, February 13. Tennis fans can follow Sports Illustrated'sServe on SIfor all the most important news from the sport. More Tennis News Ons Jabeur defeated Qinwen Zheng in straight sets at the Qatar Open. Coco Gauff upset in ...
Zheng's push to the final was two rounds better than her previous best run to the quarterfinals in New York last September. She was the first player in four decades to advance through six rounds without playing anyone ranked in the top 50 - and was only the third in the Open era...
“I don’t know. I think I know I’ve lost to her a lot, but it doesn’t feel like it sometimes, because we do practice a lot, and obviously when we’re playing sometimes I win practice sets, sometimes she does. So it doesn’t feel like the head to head is as bad as it wa...
To be fair, it wasn’t just Gauff who turned this final into the tennis version of a marathon mixed with a wrestling match. Her opponent, Zheng Qinwen, ran and swung and scrambled and fought every bit as hard. The 20-year-old Floridian and the 22-year-old Wuhan native w...
fourth round of the WTA 1000 Miami Open. This victory not only marked Sabalenka's dominance with a head-to-head record of 7-0 against Collins, but also secured her spot in the quarterfinals for the third time in her career. She is now set to face China’s top player, Zheng Qinwen....
- Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. It...- Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka have met ten times since 2019, with Sabalenka in control of the head-to-head at 6–4. Both ...
She and Wang will face off in the semi-final, marking the first time two Chinese women have made it to the last-four stage at the same WTA 1000 tournament. "It means we have great players in China. Our base level is higher than before, so that's a good thing," said Zheng, who ...