In a stunning upset at the Olympic tennis tournament, Polish No. 1 and top seed Iga Witek fell in the semifinals to China's Zheng Qinwen. Witek, a four-time French Open champion and dominant force on clay, was defeated in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5. This marked his first defeat at Roland Garros, the home of the Olympic tennis games, since 2021.
Zheng expressed his excitement after the match, stating, “I defeated the world No. 1, the player who has been the Roland Garros champion for years. This journey has not been easy.” Despite spending a lot of time on the court in the past few days, Zheng's energy level remained high throughout the match. He was confident that even if the match went to the third set, he would fight until the end.
The match started with Zheng winning the dominant first set. Witek, a five-time Grand Slam winner, started the second set strongly, looking set to force a decisive tiebreaker. However, Zheng made a remarkable comeback from 0-4, sending Witek to the bronze medal match.
Zheng, the No. 6 seed, will now face Croatia's Donna Veki or Slovakia's Anna Karolna Schmiedlov in the gold medal match. Before this match, Zheng had never won against Witek. Witek, on the other hand, will face the loser of the match between Veki and Schmiedlov in the bronze medal match.
Witek had performed well in the tournament, dropping just one set in their previous four matches. However, Zheng, who had previously given Witek trouble on this track in 2022, proved a formidable opponent. Zheng's road to the final has been spectacular as she has survived the last two tiebreaker matches, including the career-ending end of Germany's Angelique Kerber in the quarter-finals.
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