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BEIJING, 7 October (BelTA — Xinhua) — Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen of
China claimed a 5-7, 6-0, 6-4 victory over Mirra Andreeva, advancing to
her first WTA 1000 semifinal.
The 17-year-old Andreeva started
strong for a 4-0 lead. Zheng fought back with better serves, earning a
chance to serve out the set at 5-4, only to see Andreeva answered by
breaking her twice to claim the first set.
Zheng swept up the
second set by racing through six consecutive games, bringing the match
to a deciding set, where she took four games in a row when trailing by
2-4 for the eventual victory.
«At the beginning of the match I
was trying to be calmer, trying to be more gentle with the opponent
because I know she’s much younger,» said Zheng, who is about to turn 22
next week. «But after what I see with my tennis today, I say, ‘I’m not
going to win today by my tennis, I’m going to win today by my
mentality.'»
Zheng is the first Chinese semifinalist in China Open since Wang Qiang in 2018.
