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us open: zheng qinwen is in a slump and loses 0-2 to sabalenka again and misses the women's singles semi-finals

2024-09-04

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on the morning of september 4th, beijing time, the 2024 season tennis grand slam us open continued. in the 1/4 matches of the lower half of the women's singles, chinese golden flower zheng qinwen was in a slump and failed to complete revenge. she lost two sets in a row 1-6/2-6 and lost to the no. 2 seed sabalenka, missing the us open women's singles semi-finals. in another match, no. 13 seed navarro defeated badosa 6-2/7-5 in two straight sets, reaching the grand slam women's singles semi-finals for the first time in her career, and will compete with sabalenka for a place in the us open final.

zheng qinwen 0-2 sabalenka (1-6/2-6)

china's golden flower zheng qinwen has soared rapidly in the past two seasons. from a supernova at the beginning, she has now grown into a top female tennis player. this season, she reached the grand slam final for the first time at the australian open, and won the women's singles gold medal in the just-concluded paris olympics, setting a record. she played as the no. 7 seed at this year's us open. after entering the quarterfinals, she faced the no. 2 seed sabalenka. the latter has exploded in the past two seasons, winning the australian open women's singles championship twice and once becoming the world's number one. her terrifying power makes her have a clear advantage in women's competitions. the two have played against each other twice before, and zheng qinwen lost both times, including this season's australian open women's singles final, when zheng qinwen lost to her opponent in two consecutive sets.

in the first set, zheng qinwen forced the opponent to tie the score at 40-40 in the first serve game, and sabalenka managed to hold serve with difficulty. in the second game, zheng qinwen's serve was not in good condition and the quality of the first serve was not high, and the opponent attacked. sabalenka forced a break point and successfully cashed in the 2-0 start. in the third game, zheng qinwen also got a break point opportunity, but there was still a gap between her and her opponent in handling the key ball and she failed to seize the opportunity. after that, sabalenka fought harder and harder, breaking and holding serve 6-1 to win the first set.