Chinese tennis has ushered in a new era of rise, and both men's and women's tennis are constantly making new breakthroughs. On October 11, Beijing time, in the 1/4 finals of the Wuhan Open Tennis Championship, Zheng Qinwen defeated Italy's Paulini 6-2/3-6/6-3 to reach the semifinals in one fell swoop, and met another Chinese golden flower Wang Xinyu in the semifinals.
Zheng Qinwen performed a series of miracles, reaching the semi-finals of two consecutive 1000 tournaments for the first time in her career, becoming only the second Chinese player since Wang Qiang to do so. Zheng Qinwen reached the semifinals of the 1000 tournament for the second time in his career. This is also the first time in the history of the semi-finals of the 1000 tournament that a Chinese derby has been staged.
Zheng Qinwen became Italy's nemesis, winning all three matches against Paulini and reaching a career record of 19-0 against Italy. After winning this game, Zheng Qinwen got 390 points and immediately ranked seventh in the world. Zheng Qinwen got a bonus of 159439 US dollars, equivalent to 1.13 million yuan.
Zheng Qinwen and Paulini have met twice before, both in 2023, in the final of Palermo and the semi-final of Zhengzhou, Zheng Qinwen defeated Paulini.
In this match, Zheng Qinwen was very ferocious in the first set, breaking twice in the first and seventh games, thus winning 6-2. In the second set, although Zheng Qinwen broke serve in the first game, he was broken in the second and fourth games, thus falling into a passive situation, and finally lost the second set 3-6, and the two sides entered the deciding set.
In the third set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve in the eighth game and finally won the set 6-3, thus defeating Paulini 2-1. Zheng Qinwen clenched his fists domineeringly to celebrate the victory. After the match, Zheng Qinwen said: "This match is the most difficult game in the Wuhan Open in the past few days. Regarding his back-to-back semi-finals in the 1000 tournament, Zheng Qinwen thanked the audience: "Thank you to the Chinese audience, you have your support when I am physically weak and backward!" It's not luck! ”
In the next round, Zheng Qinwen will play against Wang Xinyu, and she said: "It's not easy to fight. The two Chinese played in the semi-finals, I hope everyone can enjoy the game. ”
This is a prosperous era of Chinese tennis, and Zheng Qinwen and Wang Xinyu, two post-00 players, are shining in the tennis world. Chinese men's tennis Zhang Zhizhen, Shang Juncheng and Wu Yixuan also had excellent performances.