WTA London: Zheng Qinwen defeated Raducanu to reach the semifinals of a grass court tournament for the first time in his career

On June 13, local time, the 2025 WTA500 London Station ended the women's singles 1/4 finals. Top seed Zheng Qinwen of China overcame a 3-0 deficit in the second set to defeat former US Open champion Raducanu 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the grass court tournament for the first time in his career.

Zheng Qinwen

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The match was a professional encounter between Zheng and Raducanu, but the two faced each other at the US Open as teenagers, and Raducanu won. In the first set, Zheng Qinwen performed well on one serve, and the success rate of nearly seventy percent of the first serve made Raducanu, who is good at receiving serves, unable to parry, and after the battle was tied 2-2, Zheng Qinwen seized the opportunity to win four games in a row to take the lead 6-2.

In the second set, Zheng Qinwen's continuous failure to make a break allowed Raducanu to find a breakthrough, and she broke twice after frequently attacking the second serve to take a 3-0 lead. However, after Zheng Qinwen adjusted his serve in time and stabilized the serve, he launched an offensive in the receiving game, and soon tied the score and won the game 6-4.

This is the first time in Zheng Qinwen's career that she has reached the semi-finals of a grass court tour, and after accumulating 195 ranking points, she immediately moved up to No.4 in the rankings. If Zheng wins tonight's semi-final against eighth seed Anisimova at 22:00, she will be sure to set a new personal best ranking next Monday, regardless of the final result.

Zheng Qinwen said in the post-match interview that she played well today and that it was a tough game for her. "My opponents have more experience on grass than I do, and I'm very happy to be in the semi-finals of a grass event for the first time. I know the crowd, you may not be happy today, but I've done my best and I have to apologize for my shoes, I didn't mean to fall twice, I just don't know how to run on grass yet. ”

Although it was playing at the opponent's home stadium, the Chinese fans on the sidelines cheered one after another, and Zheng Qinwen also thanked the fans for their support after the game: "I remember when I played on the tour in the first year, there was no one to support me, and many matches came over like that. Now I have a lot of support and I can use this energy to play better tennis. I feel like a very lucky girl to have so much support and I will continue to work hard. ”

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No.8 seed Anisimova defeated No.3 seed Navarro 6-3, 6-3 to become Zheng Qinwen's opponent in the semifinals. In the bottom half, No. 2 seed Keys defeated No. 5 seed Schneider 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Qualifier T. Maria knocked out fourth seed Rybakina 6-4, 7-6(4) and the two sides will battle it out for another ticket to the final tonight at 20:30.

In Women's Doubles, third seeds Zhang Shuai/Pérez missed out on a 5-2 lead in the semi-finals before losing 3-6, 6-2, 9-11 to second seeds Schneider/Danilina.

In the women's singles quarterfinals of the WTA 250 's-Hertogenbosch at the same time, the lucky loser Yuan Yue lost 0-6/4-6 to the tournament's No. 3 seed Mertens. Although he stopped in the quarterfinals, this is still the best record of Yuan Yue's career in grass court events.

(Text and editor: Dato)