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on the evening of october 7, the opening ceremony of the dongfeng lantu wuhan tennis open was held at the wuhan optics valley international tennis center. zheng qinwen, a player from hubei and the women's singles tennis champion at the 2024 paris olympics, attended the opening ceremony and attracted attention.

at about 19:00 that day, 21-year-old zheng qinwen came to the stadium to participate in the launching ceremony with the party secretary, director sailor and others of the hubei provincial sports bureau. her appearance made many spectators couldn't help but stand up and applaud her.

zheng qinwen attended the opening ceremony of the 2024 wuhan open. picture/jiupai news fu chengjun

hubei native player zheng qinwen is the only chinese player currently ranked in the top 10 of the wta and the leader of chinese women's tennis. she participated in the wuhan tennis open for the first time in 2019 and participated in the women's singles qualifying round as a wild card. she lost to two-time grand slam champion kuznetsova in the first round and ultimately failed to squeeze into the main draw.

the then 16-year-old said in an interview that there was not much gap between herself and top players, and she hoped to gain more game experience as soon as possible in the future and form a coherent system in tactics, so that she could compete in the professional arena like her idol li na. , win glory for the country.

five years later, she defeated croatian player vekic in straight sets in the women's singles final of the 2024 paris olympics, winning the first singles gold medal in chinese tennis olympic history, making history in one fell swoop. at the 2024 wuhan open, she will participate in the main draw as the no. 5 seed.

before officially setting foot on the 2024 wuhan open, zheng qinwen expressed to the media that he "doesn't mind playing at home." she said: "the chinese season is what i am most looking forward to, especially the wuhan tennis open. i hope i can be on the court and see my hometown fans coming to cheer me on. see you at the wuhan open!"

according to the schedule, zheng qinwen, the no. 5 seed, will have a bye in the first round and will be in the bottom half with pegula, paolini, and krejcikova, and in a different half from strong rival sabalenka.

her second-round opponent was the winner of a qualifier versus christian. on october 8, zheng qinwen will spend her 22nd birthday at the wuhan open, and her first match will be at 19:00 on the 9th.

jiupai news reporter zhou yuhe and dong zineng, fucheng county, hubei, wuhan reported

editor wang jiaqing

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[source: jiupai news]