On June 13, Beijing time, the WTA500 London station women's singles 1/4 finals, a focus battle ended, Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen and US Open champion Raducanu staged a wonderful duel, as a result, Zheng Qinwen withstood the pressure in the second set, swept the opponent 2-0, and advanced to the semifinals strongly, which is also the first time in Zheng Qinwen's career to reach the semifinals of the grass court, and at the same time, Zheng Qinwen's world ranking has also risen to the top four in the world, which is really a double happiness!
Zheng Qinwen played well this season as a whole, several tournaments to the 1/4 finals were blocked by the nemesis, the best result is the semifinals of the Rome station, the French Open also made a breakthrough to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time, and then Zheng Qinwen opened the grass court event, the first to play in the 500 event in London, due to the absence of the world's top four, the world's fifth-ranked Zheng Qinwen has also become the top seed of this tournament, will impact the champion, the first round of bye, the second round of hard fight three sets 2-1 narrowly defeated and advanced to the quarterfinals!
The opponent in the quarterfinals is Grand Slam champion Raducanu, the opponent once created a myth at the US Open in 21, but then failed to win the Grand Slam championship, and the two have not met once in their careers, so this match is still a bit suspenseful, I don't know if Zheng Qinwen can beat his opponent!
After the start of the game, the two collided fiercely at the beginning, and after a short 2-2 draw, Zheng Qinwen directly sent a 4-0 offensive climax, and broke the tie in four straight games to take the lead 6-2. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen's success rate dropped rapidly, Raducanu launched a crazy counterattack, got a dream start of 3-0 at the beginning, and opened the distance with 4-2, but Zheng Qinwen once again showed his tenacious side, eating away at the score step by step, and once again played a 4-0 offensive climax, winning with a 6-4 reversal, sweeping the opponent with a big score of 2-0, and advancing to the semifinals strongly, which is really exciting, like a roller coaster!
Congratulations to Zheng Qinwen for making history, reaching the semi-finals of the grass court for the first time in his career, with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses, and after gaining 195 points, Zheng Qinwen's real-time world ranking has also reached a new height, that is, to reach the top four in the world, which is really gratifying and good!
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