In the just-concluded Third Round of the Rogers Cup Women's Singles, Zheng Qinwen and Canada's Andreescu fiercely competed in three sets, and the Chinese youngster won the victory 2-1 with a score of 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 respectively. So far, Zheng Qinwen has become the first Chinese player to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA1000 Toronto station since Li Na in 2013, and has achieved the highest level of singles quarterfinals so far, creating history.
In the first two rounds of the competition, Zheng Qinwen eliminated Marino 2-1 and Abdul-Jabbar 2-0 respectively, strongly advancing to the round of 16, and also helping her surpass Zhang Shuai and crown the new sister of Chinese tennis. Now the quarter-finals are once again challenged, against Andreescu, who has won the US Open.
Zheng Qinwen was in hot form in the first set, taking the lead 7-5, and In the second set Andreescu played better, also winning 7-5, dragging the score into the decider. Andreescu is playing at home, so Zheng Qinwen faced a lot of pressure, and finally broke the opponent's 3 serves in the decider, won 6-2, and advanced to the quarterfinals against Pliskova, who is ranked 14th in the world.
In an official interview after the game, Cheng Said: "It was a very tough game, the audience was very excited, I haven't particularly adapted to this atmosphere, but they can bring extra motivation to the players, which is also a good thing. Thank you all, whether you support me or not, thank you very much! ”
Zheng Qinwen said that the audience was very excited, in fact, most of them cheered for Andreescu, and finally Zheng Qinwen continued to be in excellent condition.
This is the first time in Zheng Qinwen's career that he has reached the WTA 1000 women's singles quarterfinals, creating a new personal history. In addition, Zheng Qinwen also became the first Chinese player to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA1000 Toronto station after Li Na in 2013.
For Zheng Qinwen's outstanding performance, People's Daily Sports first posted congratulations to Zheng: "Chinese player Zheng Qinwen eliminated the 2019 champion Andreescu 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 after three sets of fierce battles, ending the latter's eight consecutive wins in Toronto, reaching the second tour quarter-finals of his career and the highest level singles quarterfinals so far." In addition, the official U.S. Open also praised Zheng Qinwen, "the first WTA1000 tournament quarterfinals."
Since the beginning of this year, Zheng Qinwen has surprised tennis fans again and again, and has seen the emergence of another Chinese women's tennis leader after Li Na.