On the 13th, Beijing time, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen swept Japan's former world queen Naomi Osaka 6:2 and 6:4 in the women's singles round of 16 of the WTA1000 Rome Tennis Championships, and ranked among the top 8 of the tournament for two consecutive years.
Zheng Qinwen has been among the top 8 in the competition for two consecutive years
The two players have met once at the 2022 San Jose Women's Open, when Naomi Osaka won in three sets, and it is worth mentioning that Osaka brought back Belgian coach Wim Fissette after returning from childbirth last year, and he was Zheng Qinwen's coach at the time, which also made the 21-year-old Chinese rising star confess that he was quite hurt inside.
Naomi Osaka, who has won all four Grand Slams in her career on hard courts, came to Rome this week to show her breakthrough on clay, beating the world's top 20 players in two consecutive rounds and winning three in a row since Miami 2022.
In the quarter-finals, Zheng will face the winner between No.3 seed Coco Gauff and former world No. 2 Paolo Badosa.
However, Zheng Qinwen, the world No. 7, was menacing today, seizing all 4 break points in the whole game, and took 84 minutes to win the victory, and also became the second Asian women's singles player in the history of the tournament after Li Na to break into the top 8 for two consecutive times.
Japan Former World Ball Empress Naomi Osaka
Zheng Qinwen said after the match that no matter what kind of venue it is in, it is not easy to beat Naomi Osaka, especially when the opponent returns to the court after being promoted to mother. Some analysts believe that judging from this speech, Zheng Qinwen seems to have released his previous suspicions.