On May 15, Beijing time, in the women's singles 1/4 finals of the WTA1000 Rome 1000 Tournament, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen played against the No. 3 seed Gauff, and finally lost two sets 6-7 (4) and 1-6 in a row, losing to Gauff with a total score of 0-2 and missing the semifinals, stopping in the quarterfinals of this tournament for two consecutive years, and missing the opportunity to rise to sixth in the world.
Zheng Qinwen, the No. 7 seed in the women's singles in Rome, had a bye in the first round, easily swept Rogers 2-0 in the second round, 29th seed Noskova 2-1 in the third round, and Naomi Osaka, former world No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, in the fourth round 2-0.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen challenged the No. 3 seed Gauff, and in the first set of the first set, the two sides held serve to maintain a 3-3 draw in the first six games, and Gauff won two games in a row. Zheng Qinwen quickly broke the tie to 5-5, and the two sides seemed to continue to maintain their respective serves to maintain a 6-6 draw, entering the tie-break battle Zheng Qinwen lost 4-7, thus losing a set 6-7 (4).
Entering the second set of the game, Zheng Qinwen was in no state, she lost two games in a row and fell behind 0-2 as soon as she came up, Zheng Qinwen held serve in the third game, but soon lost 4 games in a row, collapsed 1-6 and lost another set, and finally was swept by Gauff with a total score of 0-2 and missed the semifinals.
Zheng Qinwen missed the opportunity to advance to the semifinals, but in this Rome event, Zheng Qinwen received a bonus of 99,160 euros (equivalent to 773,259 yuan) and 215 points, but unfortunately failed to go further to hit the sixth place in the world.
As for Gauff's first win in the world's top 10 this season, she reached the semi-finals for the first time in three years and the sixth time in her career that she reached the semi-finals of a 1000 tournament, and she will face world No. 1 Swiatek in the semi-finals.