Zheng Qinwen avenged former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of Rome for the second consecutive year

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2024-05-13 18:32Posted in Jiangxi Sports Creator

On May 13, Beijing time, in the fourth round of the women's singles focus of the 2024 ATP1000 Rome Championships, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen faced the former world No. 1 and Japan's first sister Naomi Osaka as the No. 7 seed. Zheng Qinwen continued her hot form, she lost two sets 6-2 and 6-4 in straight sets, completing the first meeting of her revenge career to defeat Naomi Osaka, and finally Zheng Qinwen eliminated Naomi Osaka with a total score of 2-0, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles tournament for two consecutive years, and also the second time this year and the fourth time in her career to advance to the quarterfinals of the 1000 event.

Zheng Qinwen entered Rome as the No. 7 seed, she enjoyed a bye in the first round, easily swept Rodgers 2-0 in the second round, and only dropped two games in the whole game, and won 11 games in a row. Zheng Qinwen dropped a set in the third round, and played a full three sets to defeat Noskova, the No. 29 seed, 2-1.

Zheng Qinwen is now facing Japan's first sister Naomi Osaka in the fourth round, who has never been able to return to her peak form since her comeback, but Naomi Osaka was the world No. 1 in women's singles in the past and has won the women's singles title four times. The two sides have only met once in the past, losing 1-2 to Naomi Osaka in San Jose in 2022.

In the first set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in the first game, and Naomi Osaka immediately broke back, and then held serve. Zheng fell behind 2-1 in the first three games, but quickly adjusted, and she won five games in a row to suppress Naomi Osaka, including two more breaks, to easily win the first set 6-2.

Entering the second set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead to take a 2-0 lead, and won 7 games in a row from the first set to the second set. In the next six games, both sides held their serves, and Zheng Qinwen maintained a 5-3 lead in eight games. Naomi Osaka continued to break out in the ninth game, and Zheng Qinwen then won the service game, thus winning another set 6-4, and finally swept Naomi Osaka 2-0 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinals, which was also the first defeat of Naomi Osaka in his career.

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