3 hours of three-set battle! Zheng Qinwen narrowly defeated the No. 3 seed to reach the final of the Clay Tour for the first time

In the early morning of July 23, Beijing time, the semifinals of the WTA250 Palermo were contested, and Zheng Qinwen, a Chinese little flower, played against the No. 3 seed Sherif. After a fierce three-set match, Cheng knocked out his opponent 2-1 and reached the final on the clay tour for the first time in his career.

In the first set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve first in the 6th game, and his opponent quickly completed the break in the 7th game, and in the 10th game, Zheng Qinwen completed a key break in the opponent's unavoidable game to win the first set 6-4.

In the third game of the second set, Zheng Qinwen was broken by her opponent, and in the fourth game she completed the break to chase it to 2 draws. In the fifth game, Zheng Qinwen's serve was lost again, and then she tenaciously broke back in the sixth game to tie 3-3. In the 9th game, Zheng Qinwen broke serve in a crucial game, and his opponent then saved the serve, dragging the match into the decider 6-4.

In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve first in the second game to make it 3-0. In the sixth game, Zheng Qinwen broke serve again to take a 5-1 lead, and then she successfully saved her serve in the seventh game to win the tiebreaker 6-1.

Finally, in a three-hour match, Cheng won 6-4, 4-6/6-1 against world No. 38 Sherif, who will face No. 5 seed Paulini, who eliminated Tomo in the final.