On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, at the 2024 WTA1000 Rome Station, the third round of women's singles, a key battle, Zheng Qinwen played against Noskova, and in the end, Zheng Qinwen won two sets in a row with a big score of 2-1 and staged a reverse drill show in the light enemy who lost one set, eliminated Noskova, and entered the round of 16, cheers! In the next round, Zheng Qinwen will face former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka.
Zheng Qinwen is the first sister of China's golden flower, and she won the runner-up of the Australian Open this season, but since then, Zheng Qinwen's form has had a lot of ups and downs. In this tournament, Zheng Qinwen is the No. 7 seed in the tournament, with a bye in the first round, and in the second round, he swept Rodgers 6-2 6-0 in 11 consecutive games to advance to the round of 32. Noskova, the tournament's No.29 seed, advanced to the round of 32 after knocking out Stefanini in straight sets in the last round, having beaten Swiatek before. According to statistics, the two have only played each other once before, Zheng Qinwen has won, and her strength is still stronger than Noskova.
In the first set, Noskova took the lead in breaking 2-0 in the second game, Zheng Qinwen completed the 1-2 break in the third game, and in the fourth game, Zheng Qinwen struggled to hold serve 2-2. In the 6th game, Noskova broke again, 4-2, and in the 7th game, Zheng Qinwen broke back again 3-4. In the 8th game, Noskova continued to break serve 5-3, and in the 9th game, Noskova scored four straight points to cash in on her serve to win the set, taking the next game 6-3 and leading Zheng Qinwen 1-0.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in the second game and then held serve 3-0. In the fourth game, Noskova easily held serve 1-3. In the 6th game, Zheng Qinwen broke serve again 5-1, and in the 7th game, Zheng Qinwen cashed in on the serve to win the set without danger, and easily won 6-1, with a big score of 1-1.
In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen held serve 1-1 after saving a break point in the second game. In the 5th game, Zheng Qinwen scored four straight points and took the lead to break 3-2. In the 6th game, Zheng Qinwen had a thrill to keep serving 4-2. In the 7th game, Zheng Qinwen broke serve again 5-2. In the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen cashed in his serve to win the game, 6-2, and completed the reversal.