WTA London: Zheng Qinwen narrowly defeated Kessler in three sets to advance to the quarterfinals against Raducanu

On June 12, local time, the WTA500 London station launched the second round of women's singles competition, Zheng Qinwen ushered in this year's grass court debut, as the top seed of the Chinese Jinhua tenaciously achieved a reversal in the deciding set 1-4 behind, and finally took 2 hours and 11 minutes to defeat the American player Kessler 6-3/4-6/7-5, won the first victory on grass in the 2025 season, and entered the quarterfinals of the grass court tour for the first time in his career.

After the first four games of the first set were tied at 2-2, Zheng then took a 5-2 lead in three consecutive games, and after the two held serve, she won the first set 6-3, but Kessler pulled one back 6-4 with a crucial break at the end of the second set. In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen suffered a break in the third game and fell into a 1-4 deficit situation, but she stabilized her position in time, chased three games in a row to chase the score to 4-4, and finally sealed the victory with a break at the end of the match to seal the victory 7-5.

Zheng Qinwen (Photo: Visual China)

"I was really nervous... The first game was never easy," Zheng Qinwen said in the post-match interview, "The score suddenly accelerated, and when I realized that I was down 1-4, I could only concentrate on counterattacking. She was so good in the second set that it was very difficult for me to play and I hope to improve more on the grass. I've always believed that I can play well on grass, but for some reason, I've not been doing well for the past few years and I hope this year will be different because I'm training hard. "

Raducanu (Photo: Visual China)

Zheng will face Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, in the quarterfinals. According to the schedule, the game will start at about 22:30 Beijing time tonight. The Briton eased to beat Schramkova 6-4, 6-1 in the second round to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA grass court tournament for the third time in her career (all in the past year).

This will be the first meeting between the two on a professional level, and looking ahead to the matchup, Raducanu said: "Khinwen is a top 10 player in the world, she has been amazing on the tour in recent months, and as the top seed, she is naturally the favourite, but I have already played two good matches here and am looking forward to this match...... I'm going to do everything I can to stay focused. "

WTA 500 London quarterfinals

Zheng Qinwen[1] vs Raducanu[W]

Navarro[3] vs Anisimova[8]

Rybakina[4] vs Maria[Q]

Case[2] vs Schneider[5]

In Women's Doubles, third seeds Zhang Shuai/Perez advanced to the semi-finals with a 7-6(4), 7-6(7) victory over Babos/Stephanie in the second round and will face second seeds Danilina/Schneider for a place in the final, which kicks off no earlier than 21:00 GMT tonight.

WTA 500 London schedule on June 13

At the WTA 250 's-Hertogenbosch event, China's Yuan Yue, who was the lucky loser, defeated Birrell in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in the second round to reach the quarter-finals of the season for the first time on tour and her first quarter-finals on grass, where she will face third seed Mertens in the quarter-finals.

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong)