Today was a blockbuster tennis match, which was played between two of Asia's top players, Zheng Qinwen on one side and Naomi Osaka on the other, and Zheng Qingwen defeated Naomi Osaka 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the Rome Open for the second year in a row. The scores of the two games were 6-2 and 6-4. At the same time, it also turned the record of the two people into one win and one loss each.
This is a women's singles match in the 1/8 finals of the WTA Rome Open. Zheng Qinwen, seeded No. 7 at the Rome Open at 1000, defeated No.29 seed Noskova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the last round to advance to the quarterfinals. And her opponent today is former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan. The two sides had a fight before, when Zheng Qinwen was defeated by the other party. Obviously, Zheng Qinwen made full preparations today, and defeated Naomi Osaka in two straight games to advance to the top 8, which is also the second time that Zheng Qinwen has entered the top 8 of the 1000 tournament this year. If you look a little further, this is the fourth time in Zheng Qinwen's career that he has reached the top 8 of the 1000 tournament. Let's take a look at the stats of Zheng Qinwen and Naomi Osaka in this game:
Zheng Qinwen scored 48% of his first serve, 78% of his first serve, 60% of his second serve, 13 winning points, and 28 UEs.
Naomi Osaka has a first-serve scoring rate of 50%, a first-serve scoring rate of 68%, a second-serve scoring rate of 43%, 8 winning points, and 33 UEs.
In every way, her stats are better than Naomi Osaka's, and she dominated the game. This can't help but remind people of the former Grand Slam Li Na. Li Na also made it to the quarterfinals two years in a row (2011-2012) on this soil, but that was more than a decade ago. The new leaves of the branches blow the dust leaves, and the new generation replaces the old people. But today, when we see another Chinese invincible in the tennis court, our hearts should be full of excitement.
The next round is the quarter-finals, and Zheng Qinwen's opponent will be the winner between Gauff and Badosa.