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seven of the top eight seats were eliminated! the no. 5 seed was eliminated, zheng qinwen responded to racial discrimination and insults at the us open

2024-09-03

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at the early morning of september 3rd, beijing time, three matches of the first half of the 2024 us open women's singles quarter-finals were completed. muchova, pegula and maya advanced together. counting the four people in the lower half who had advanced before, as of now, seven people have entered the women's singles quarterfinals. the last quarterfinal spot will be decided between swiatek and samsonova, which is also the final battle of the women's singles round of 16.

unseeded player muchova faced no. 5 seed paolini. in the end, muchova played very well and advanced with two 6-3s. paolini was eliminated. muchova defeated a top10 player for the first time this season and entered the us open quarterfinals for two consecutive years. after last year's us open, muchova missed a long time due to injury, and now she is gradually returning to the top.

the no. 6 seed, pegula, was also in excellent form, defeating the no. 18 seed schneider 6-4 6-2, reaching the us open quarterfinals for the second time in her career. her opponent in the next round will be the winner between swiatek and samsonova. pegula is in excellent form this season, but her performance in grand slams is not ideal. this time, she has already reached the grand slam quarterfinals for the seventh time. can she break the curse and reach the semifinals for the first time this time?

the 22nd seed maya defeated former world no. 1 wozniacki 6-2 3-6 6-3 in three sets, reaching the quarterfinals of a grand slam for the second time in her career. maya became the second brazilian female player to reach the quarterfinals of the us open in the open era.

so far, badosa, navarro, zheng qinwen, sabalenka, muchova, pegula and maya have reached the women's singles quarterfinals.

the most searched topic at the moment is "zheng qinwen fights back against racial discrimination". according to media reports, in the us open quarter-finals, zheng qinwen defeated vikic, and someone shouted "yellow banana" (an insult to the yellow race). zheng qinwen responded domineeringly: i'll beat you! #郑秦文美开遇非洲辨辨气回對#