On May 13, Beijing time, the WTA Rome 1000 tournament continued. In the match between the much-watched Chinese first sister Zheng Qinwen and the four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, Zheng Qinwen swept the opponent 2-0 in straight sets and reached the top 8 of the Rome tournament. Zheng Qinwen also reached the top 8 of the 1000 tournament again after Dubai. In the quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen will face the winner between Gauff and Badosa. At the moment of victory, Zheng Qinwen also raised his arms in celebration, and then showed a happy smile.
Zheng Qinwen has been in poor form since the Australian Open. In the previous Madrid 1000 competition, Zheng Qinwen also retired due to injury. This time in Rome, although Zheng Qinwen does not have much pressure to keep points, she obviously needs to accumulate strength for the French Open and enter a good state. Fortunately, in the first two games, Zheng Qinwen made very good adjustments. She had a bye in the first round, but only lost 2 games in the second round and swept Rodgers 2-0. In the third round, facing No. 29 seed Noskova, Zheng Qinwen dropped a set but completed the comeback, and finally entered the round of 16 2-1.
This time, Zheng Qinwen played against 4-time Grand Slam women's singles champion Naomi Osaka. Although Naomi Osaka is currently ranked only 173rd in the world, she has already eliminated Birrell, Maria and 10th seed Kasatkina in excellent form. Before the game, the probability of winning given by the relevant institutions also showed that the two sides were evenly matched.
However, when it came to the game, Zheng Qinwen obviously made very adequate preparations. In the first set, Zheng Qinwen broke the opponent's serve as soon as he came up. Although he was broken back after that, Zheng Qinwen broke again in the fifth game, and then seized the advantage to win the first set 6-2. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen broke early in the first game. This time, Zheng Qinwen learned his lesson and played very carefully on his own serve, maintaining the advantage all the way. As the opponent's return ball went out of bounds, Zheng Qinwen won another set 6-4 and won 2-0 to advance.