Zheng Qinwen missed the women's singles final in Rome 2025, but bluntly said after the game that "there is no gap with Gauff"

Zheng Qinwen, the first sister of Chinese tennis, faced American rising star Gauff in a women's singles semifinal on the 15th local time after defeating the "nemesis" Sabalenka at the WTA1000 2025 Rome station. In this battle, the two sides fought fiercely for more than 3 and a half hours, and Zheng Qinwen finally lost 1:2 and missed the final. Defeated but not discouraged, Zheng Qinwen bluntly said after the game that "there is no gap with Gauff".

Zheng Qinwen believes that there is no gap between himself and Gauff

Zheng Qinwen, ranked No. 8 in the world, defeated world No. 1 Sabalenka for the first time at the Italian Open to reach the semi-finals, facing American golfer Gauff to go one step further.

Zheng Qinwen and Gauff's serve in the first set was also unstable, each of the six games was two of them, of which four games were broken, and the battle was won by seven points, and Gauff won the first set with a small score of 7:3. Zheng Qinwen seized the break opportunity to take the lead at the beginning of the second set, and the two sides broke each other again at the end of the set, and Zheng Qinwen pulled one back with 6:4. Until the deciding set, although Gauff took the lead in breaking serve, Zheng Qinwen could break again to tie, this situation appeared in the deciding set 3 times, and the two sides fought again to tie seven, as a result, Zheng Qinwen lost 4:7, ending the marathon event of 3 hours and 32 minutes, and lost to Gauff 1:2 and missed the final.

Gauff defeated Zheng Qinwen for more than three and a half hours to reach the final of the Italian Open

After the defeat on clay in Rome, Zheng Qinwen's record against Gauff was rewritten to three defeats, but the 22-year-old Chinese player still did not lose his ambition, "I don't think there is a gap [with Gove], just the handling of key points, I have a lot of opportunities in this game, but I don't grasp the key points well, maybe I need to be bold, or aggressive." "Zheng Qinwen has benefited a lot from this defeat and has seen a lot of details that need to be improved, which is a good preparation for the upcoming French Open.

Zheng Qinwen did not taste a victory against Gauff

In the end, in this hard-fought battle that took 3 hours and 32 minutes, Zheng Qinwen lost to Gauff 1-2, suffered three consecutive defeats against American players, and missed the final in Rome. Gauff has advanced to the finals of the clay 1000 tournament for the second time in a row, and will compete with local player Paulini for the title.