On August 1, Beijing time, the semifinals of the women's tennis singles at the Paris Olympics began, and Zheng Qinwen challenged the current world No. 1 Poland star Swiatek. In this match, Zheng Qinwen defeated Swiatek 2-0 in straight sets and made history to reach the final.
In the previous two match days, Zheng Qinwen experienced more than 3 hours of hard fighting, including the quarterfinals against United States' Navarro, Zheng Qinwen saved match points and won 2-1 on aggregate. In the quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen turned the tables against the wind in the desperate situation of falling behind 1-4 in a single set, and finally achieved a big reversal in the tie-break, eliminating the former world No. 1 Kerber, reaching the semifinals while tying the best Olympic results created by his predecessor Li Na. Facing Swiatek before, Zheng Qinwen has never won. But now, Zheng Qinwen has only one goal, and that is to go further.
The first set became a break battle between the two sides, and Zheng Qinwen won a break point in the first game, but unfortunately he couldn't grasp the success of Swiatek's hold. After Zheng Qinwen held his serve to tie, he took the lead in the third game and led 2-1, and his opponent had two double faults in the first three games. In the fourth game, Swiatek broke back, but Zheng Qinwen broke again in the fifth game, and Zheng Qinwen's baseline ball caused huge pressure on Swiatek, and the opponent's unforced errors increased significantly. In the sixth game, he returned to his own service game, and Zheng Qinwen held serve again to lead 4-2. After that, Zheng Qinwen went crazy, holding 3 break points in the seventh game for the third time, and in the eighth game, Zheng Qinwen served directly to score the set point, winning four games in a row to win the first set 6-2.
As soon as the second set came up, Swiatek was very threatening with a serve, and an ace took the lead to hold serve. Zheng then made an unforced error and was broken by Swiatek. After Swiatek held serve in the third game, Zheng Qinwen sent his opponent to break with a double fault in the fourth game. In the first four games, Swiatek led 4-0 with two guarantees and two breaks. At the beginning of the fifth game, Zheng Qinwen fought back, breaking two and chasing one to 3-4. In the eighth game, when he was behind, the ace ball in the two outer corners of the second area reversed at the last moment and chased it to 4 draws. After the two sides held their respective serves, Zheng Qinwen broke serve again in the 11th game to overtake 6-5, one step away from victory.
The 12th game is a match point game, Zheng Qinwen can make history as long as he wins it, and Zheng Qinwen is very calm. She saved a break point and then picked up match point. Zheng Qinwen scored directly with one shot, and Zheng Qinwen won! At the end of the game, Zheng Qinwen fell to the ground and indulged in a carnival!