Facing his former coach Fasset, who once abandoned him, and Naomi Osaka, who was once the world No. 1 and had defeated him (2022 San Jose 1-2), Zheng Qinwen played a very good name fight, not only swept the latter in straight sets to complete revenge, but also slapped former coach Fassett in the face, and finally let out a bad breath.
The focus of the 4th round of the women's singles of the Roma 1000 tournament was played by Zheng Qinwen against Naomi Osaka. At present, Zheng Qinwen is ranked 7th in the world and Osaka is 173rd, and he has previously ranked No. 1 in the world and has won 4 Grand Slam championships. As we all know, Zheng Qinwen once hired Fassett as his coach, but the latter had no professionalism and gave up Zheng Qinwen without any warning, and turned back to coach Naomi Osaka. Perhaps in Fisset's view, Zheng Qinwen is far from Osaka's strength and potential. But at this year's Australian Open, Zheng Qinwen suddenly broke out after welcoming back coach Pereriba and reached the final in one fell swoop. And Osaka was the opposite, embarrassingly stopped in the first round. In the subsequent matches, Zheng Qinwen's best result was the quarterfinals in Dubai, while Osaka's best result was the quarterfinals in Doha. However, when it comes to the clay that he is better at, Zheng Qinwen has absolute confidence to defeat Osaka.
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen entered the state very quickly, and took the lead in breaking serve as soon as he came up. But Osaka was not to be outdone, and completed the breakback in the second game. In the third game, after Osaka held serve, the score was overtaken to 2-1. It was her only and final lead of the game. After that, Zheng Qinwen suddenly entered the state, broke 5 games in a row, and won the first set 6-2.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead again and angrily sent Osaka Invisible Egg. Osaka then finally won the next game by holding serve, and wrote notes to review the game during the break. But this "secret weapon" did not help her. In the following games, the two held their own serves, and Zheng Qinwen maintained the lead until the end, winning another set 6-4, sweeping the opponent 2-0, and advancing to the quarterfinals in Rome for two consecutive years.
The battle took 84 minutes, Zheng Qinwen scored 78% of the first serve, and all four break points were cashed. With this victory, she scored 215 points, 99,160 euros, and not only achieved her first victory against Osaka, but also gave Fisset a resounding slap in the face. In the face of Fassett in this game, Zheng Qinwen returned the ball steadily, his emotions were high, there was no brainless messing, and there was no habitual decline. From this point of view, Zheng Qinwen may also have to thank Fassett for leaving in time, so that he has the current Xiao Zheng and the Australian Open runner-up.