Zheng Qinwen Shocks World No. 1 Iga Swiatek to Reach Olympic Gold-Medal Suit #.\n\nPARIS, FRANCE-- AUGUST 01: Iga Swiatek of Team Poland responds following loss against Qinwen Zheng of People's Republic of China throughout the Female's Songs Semi-final match on day six of the Olympic Gamings Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images.\n\n\n\n\n\nRising to historical elevations, Zheng Qinwen failed on her spine and also pushed her fist in clean elation.\n\n\n\nEven when she was down, Zheng was actually soaring high today.\n\n\n\nEncountering a 0-4 second-set shortage, Zheng roared via seven of the last 8 activities stunning Polish globe No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-2, 7-5 in today's Paris Olympics semifinals.\n\n\n\nHaving fun with poise and also electrical power, Zheng created past history hitting the gold-medal match in her Olympic launching.\n\n\n\nThe 21-year-old Zheng is the initial Chinese gamer to arrive at an Olympic final and also she broke Swiatek's 25-match Roland Garros succeeding touch to accomplish it.\n\n\n\nZheng Qinwen brings in record for Chinese tennis right here at #Paris 2024 #Paris 2024 #Olympics

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The sixth-seeded Chinese will definitely play 13th-seeded Croatian Donna Vekic for the Olympic gold award.
On her 2nd suit goal, Wimbledon semifinalist Vekic banged her sixth ace down the T stomping surprise Slovakian semifinalist Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-0.
A refreshed Vekic, who yielded she looked at taking out of Roland Garros and taking a break coming from the activity in May, cracked 26 champions against 13 mistakes in a 65-minute rout.
It was Vekic's 13th success in her last 15 suits.
It's been actually a strenuous experience to arrive at the last and also Zheng has presented stamina and also endurance en route.
" That was actually indescribable due to the fact that everybody knows exactly how I would like to obtain this medal for my nation," Zheng told Peacock's Britney Eurton subsequently. "Because 2022, I have actually presently been actually hoping for the 2024 Olympic Games. So you may envision every suit I possessed how much tension I had as well as how much reparation I needed to have to carry out on court-- specifically back to back-- I do not understand, maybe eight hrs in three times.
" And also to defeat the world No. 1 listed here-- that's unbelievable. I feel that makes my journey much more purposeful since I constantly want to bet the very best gamers and also beat them. I always think that's what I desire to reveal for my tennis.".
Four-time French Open champion Swiatek experienced her first reduction on Roland Garros' reddish clay since Maria Sakkari defeated her 6-4, 6-4 in the 2021 Roland Garros quarterfinals.
Because that defeat, Swiatek has actually climbed through 25 successive success in Paris-- 21 straight Roland Garros triumphes, including 3 straight Roland Garros championships, and 4 Olympic wins-- just before it all came to a stunning end today though the Rod are going to still bet the bronze award.
Though Swiatek lugged a 6-0 profession history over Zheng onto courthouse today, the Chinese had pushed the Rod to three evaluate the 2022 Roland Garros. Today, Zheng pressed Swiatek across the courtroom at times.
Defeating Swiatek in sidewise running rallies, Zheng deconstructed the five-time Conquest champion on the Court Philippe Chatrier red clay-based she regards as her home out of home.