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on september 2, beijing time, chinese golden flower zheng qinwen faced the test of the us open women's singles quarter-finals.

against croatian star vikic, zheng qinwen continued his winning streak against the player, defeating his opponent 2-1 and advancing to the us open quarterfinals for the second time in his career.

in this us open, zheng qinwen defeated anisimova in the first round, and then defeated e. andreeva in the second round. then in the third round, zheng qinwen defeated german player niemeyer in two sets, avenging his loss to this opponent in the us open two years ago.

previously, zheng qinwen's best performance in the us open was the quarterfinals created last year. now, in the competition for a ticket to the quarterfinals, zheng qinwen is facing the croatian player vikic across the net.

zheng qinwen

before this match, zheng qinwen and vikic had faced each other three times. after losing in the first meeting in 2021, zheng qinwen won two consecutive victories against vikic. the most recent one was in the final of this year's paris olympics. zheng qinwen defeated vikic in straight sets and won the olympic women's singles gold medal historicly.

however, zheng qinwen did not underestimate her opponent in this encounter. "she is an excellent player and is very good at changing the ball path. if your shot is not strong enough, she will move you on the court." she said frankly before the game.

"the olympics were played on clay, the conditions and tactics were different, and now we are on hard courts, i think the game may be even tougher."

zheng qinwen is currently ranked 7th in the world, while vikic is ranked 24th. after making history by reaching the finals of the australian open this year and then winning the olympic games, zheng qinwen has become more mature. however, facing vikic, who has more experience and reached the semi-finals of wimbledon this year, the chinese golden flower also encountered a tough battle.

vikic

in the first set, the two sides fought fiercely until the tiebreak. at the critical moment, zheng qinwen stabilized his position and quickly took a huge advantage of 6-2 in the tiebreak. zheng qinwen was also ruthless in the set and immediately won the first set with 7-6 (2).

in the second set, zheng qinwen was broken at the beginning, but he quickly broke back. in the ninth game, zheng qinwen saved two set points, but unfortunately he still failed to prevent his opponent from winning the set 6-4.

in the deciding set, zheng qinwen adjusted quickly and broke his opponent's serve first. he then continued to maintain his strong performance and won the set 6-2, thus winning the game.

in last year's us open quarterfinals, zheng qinwen was blocked by the no. 2 seed sabalenka from the semifinals. in this year's australian open final, zheng qinwen lost to sabalenka again. in this year's us open quarterfinals, zheng qinwen will once again meet the belarusian star.

in the match that has already ended, sabalenka, who played as the no. 2 seed again, defeated mertens and advanced to the quarterfinals. this time, the chinese golden flower needs to strive for "revenge" again.