Zheng Qinwen got off to a good start, recalling the Olympic gold medal and Li Na winning the championship

On May 25, at the Philippe Chartier Stadium in Paris, France, Roland Garros, the first round of women's singles, 6-4 6-3, Zheng Qinwen spent 1 hour and 22 minutes to defeat the former runner-up of the tournament, Russian player Pavlyuchenkova, and successfully advanced to the second round, making a good start for Chinese players at the 2025 French Open.

Round-up of the competition

Zheng Qinwen is the No. 8 seed in the women's singles at the 2025 French Open and returns to Roland Garros after winning the women's singles gold medal at Paris 2024.

In this match, Zheng Qinwen was better than his opponent in terms of statistics: he hit 6 aces, 22 winning points, got 7 break points and successfully cashed in 5, with a first-serve scoring rate of 57% and a first-serve winning rate of 83%.

At the beginning of the match, Zheng Qinwen broke consecutive ties to take a 3-0 lead, and his opponent broke back in the crucial seventh game to bring the match back to parity, and Zheng Qinwen won the first set 6-4 with a break at the end of the set.

In the middle of the second set, the two broke each other's serves, and in the end, Zheng Qinwen won the match with a more stable performance.

Before and after the game

Zheng Qinwen and Pavlyuchenkova have met once before: in Cincinnati 2024, Pavlyuchenkova won 7-5 6-1.

Zheng Qinwen also mentioned in the post-match interview that the opponent was really difficult to play, and he relaxed a little when he was leading in the first set, allowing Pavlyuchenkova to catch up with the score.

Before coming to the French Open this year, Zheng Qinwen defeated Sabalenka for the first time in the WTA1000 Rome station, successfully "climbed the mountain", broke into the semifinals, and fully warmed up for the French Open.

Returning to this familiar clay field, Zheng Qinwen carried an invisible "gold medal". A year ago, the gold medal was worn on Zheng Qinwen's chest, and this year, this year's gold medal is placed in Zheng Qinwen's heart, "That feeling will never be forgotten, and it is the best experience in my life so far." ”

Fourteen years ago, Li Na won the first Grand Slam singles title in Asian tennis history here. In the post-match interview, Zheng Qinwen said that the moment Li Na won the match was the starting point for her determination to devote herself to tennis. The spirit of immortality is passed down from generation to generation.

Let's look ahead

Zheng Qinwen's opponent in the second round has been selected. Colombia's Arango beat the Philippines' Vieira 6-0 2-6 6-3 to pull off a minor upset.

Arango, born in 2000, is currently ranked 88th and is Colombia's second-highest ranked women's singles player.

The two have met once before, in the first round of the 2021 ITF W25 Hamburg Qualifier, where Zheng Qinwen defeated Arango 6-4 6-4 to win the tournament.

Arango's first and second serve goal scoring rate was lower than that of his opponent in the win over Ieira with eggs, but the winning rate of both first and second serve was superior; Although she had fewer winning points than her opponents, she effectively controlled unforced errors; He played well on the return end, breaking his opponent's serve six times.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yuyu)