On May 13, Beijing time, in the women's singles 1/8 finals of the 2024WTA1000 Rome Station, Zheng Qinwen played against Naomi Osaka, and in the end, Zheng Qinwen swept revenge with a score of 2-0 in straight sets, eliminated Naomi Osaka, and advanced to the top 8, congratulations to Zheng Qinwen.
Zheng Qinwen, the "first sister of China" and the No. 7 seed in the tournament, won the runner-up in the Australian Open this year, but since then, there have been relatively large ups and downs, at least it seems that she does not have a real world top 10 result. Zheng Qinwen is still in good shape in this tournament, defeating No. 29 seed Noskova in the last round and reaching the round of 16 in Rome for two consecutive years.
Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion and former world No.1, is in good form at the moment, having knocked out 10th seed Kasatkina in the last round. The two have only met once before, with Naomi Osaka coming out victorious. Now that they meet again, can Zheng Qinwen achieve revenge?
In the first set, the two broke serve each other, 1-1. In the 5th game, Zheng Qinwen broke serve again 3-2, and in the 6th game, he successfully achieved a 4-2 advantage in holding. In the 7th game, Zheng Qinwen continued to suppress and broke successfully again, leading 5-2. In the 8th game, Naomi Osaka seemed to have lost her fighting spirit, and Zheng Qinwen successfully cashed in her serve to win the set, taking the next city 6-2, and leading Naomi Osaka 1-0.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen came up and broke the belt to make a 2-0 start. In the 3rd game, Naomi Osaka easily held serve to stop the decline 1-2. In the 4th game, Zheng Qinwen successfully held serve 3-1. In the 5th game, Naomi Osaka also held serve 2-3. In the 6th game, Zheng Qinwen kept his serve 4-2. In the 7th game, Naomi Osaka held serve again 3-4. In the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen had no danger to keep his hair. In the 10th game, Zheng Qinwen cashed in his serve to win the game, 6-4, and the big score was 2-0.