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WTA1000 the Tour of Rome continues, with a clash of the stars between Zheng Qinwen, the "first sister" of China's Golden Flower, and Czech rising star No.29 seed Noskova.
In Rome this year, many Chinese golden flowers joined forces, and only Wang Xinyu and Zheng Qinwen remained in the draw after the first round.
At the end of the second round, Wang Xinyu was also eliminated, and the "first sister" Zheng Qinwen advanced to the third round.
Zheng Qinwen, who competed as the No. 7 seed, enjoyed a bye in the first round.
In the second round, facing American player Rodgers, the Chinese sister easily won in straight sets.
Across the net from Zheng Qinwen in the third round was the tournament's No. 29 seed, Czech teenager Noskova.
Born in 2004 and only 19 years old this year, Noskova is a future star in women's tennis with a strong style of play.
In the third round of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, the Czech girl beat the world No. 1 Swiatek in three sets and finally reached the quarterfinals.
Noskova has made great strides this season, with an overall record of 14-8 so far, exactly the same as Zheng's win-loss game.
The two have played each other in the ITF arena in the 2021 season, when both were ranked lowly, and although Zheng Qinwen won, it is not of much reference.
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen served first.
China's first sister got off to a bad start, and was forced to break by her opponent in the first service game, hurriedly handed over the serve game, and fell behind 0-2;
In the 3rd game, Zheng Qinwen broke back at the speed of light, and scored four straight points to break and erase the gap between the ties;
In the sixth game, Noskova made a comeback, breaking again to establish a 4-2 advantage;
The first sister of China finally broke back in the 7th game, but unexpectedly returned to her own serve game and lost three times, giving the opponent a serve to win the set, and the Czech girl took the opportunity to win 4 points in a row and took the lead 6-3;
The second set was still started by Zheng Qinwen.
Entering the second set, Zheng Qinwen made a dream start, with two guarantees and one break to establish a 3-0 game lead;
After the second break in the 6th game, the first sister of China is 5-1 at the commanding height of the second set;
In the 7th game, the serve won the set easily and won 6-1, tying the big score, and the two sides entered the deciding set.
In the third set, Noskova started.
In the opening stage, Zheng Qinwen almost lost in the second game, once falling behind 15-40, and stubbornly held serve.
In the 5th game of the middle game, Zheng Qinwen suddenly made a strong effort and broke strongly in a lovegame way to take the lead.
In the 7th game, the first sister of China broke the opponent's serve for the second time and led 5-2;
Entering the 8th game of the service game, Zheng Qinwen did not let the suspense of the game continue, and easily held serve with four straight points, winning another game 6-2 and winning the whole game.
In the end, after three sets of hard fighting, Zheng Qinwen rushed to two sets under the unfavorable situation of losing one set, completed a wonderful reversal, refused to be unpopular, and eliminated the Czech 19-year-old and advanced to the round of 16 with his head held high.
In this game, Zheng Qinwen was full of resilience and worthy of Jinhua's "first sister".
Congratulations again to Zheng Qinwen on his victory.