On the evening of January 25, Beijing time, the Australian Open tennis tournament ended the competition for the women's singles semifinals. Zheng Qinwen (ranked 15th in the world), the No. 12 seed and the No. 12 seed in Chinese tennis, has once again made history on the Rod Laver Stadium. Facing Ukraine's Dayana Yastemska (ranked 96th in the world), Zheng overcame her nerves after the start of the first set to defeat her opponent in straight sets with a score of 2:0 (6:4, 6:4) to advance to the final.
In the first set, Yasteremska served first and held serve smoothly. Zheng Qinwen, on the other hand, was slightly nervous at the beginning, and was broken by his opponent in his first service game, and temporarily fell behind 0:2 in the game. In the third game, Yasteremska fluctuated on her own serve and issued two double faults, but Zheng Qinwen immediately broke back and successfully held serve to tie the score. In the last two games, both sides held their serves, and the score came to a 3:3 draw. In the seventh game, Zheng Qinwen continued to apply pressure on his opponent's serve and won three break points in a row. Although Yasteremska saved two, it was still broken by Zheng Qinwen. 4:3, Zheng Qinwen overtook the score. At this time. Faced with Zheng Qinwen, who was getting better and better, Yastremska called for a medical timeout in an attempt to disrupt the rhythm of the Chinese "first sister". After returning from the game, Zheng Qinwen was somewhat affected and struggled slightly on his serve, but he still held serve smoothly and led 5:3. Subsequently, Yasteremska held serve and the score came to 5:4. In the tenth game, Zheng Qinwen played steadily, and with Yasteremska's forehand attack out of bounds, Zheng Qinwen won the first set with a score of 6:4.
Zheng Qinwen won the first set
In the second set, the two sides fought to a 3-3 draw in the first six games. In the seventh game, Zheng Qinwen broke strongly with love game, and then held serve to take a 5:3 lead. Yasteremska then won a service game that had to be held. Zheng Qinwen entered his service game with a score of 5:4. In the tenth game, Zheng Qinwen seized the opportunity at the first match point and won the second set with a score of 6:4 and won the whole match.
After reaching the final, Zheng Qinwen will have at least 1,300 WTA points and 1.725 million Australian dollars in prize money, bringing his total WTA points to 3,950 points, and immediately surpassing Mukhova, Sakkari and Vondrousova to move up to No. 7 and climb to new heights.
In the final, Zheng Qinwen will meet the biggest opponent of this year's Australian Open, the No. 2 seed Sabalenka (ranked No. 2 in the world). In the other semi-final, the latter defeated the tournament's fourth seed, Gauff of the United States (ranked 4th in the world), 2-0 (7-6, 6-4) to advance to the final.
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