On the morning of May 14, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the women's singles of the Rome Tennis Masters all came to an end, and the top 8 of the women's singles were all produced, with the first half of the No. 1 seed Swiatek, the No. 3 seed Gauff, the No. 7 seed Zheng Qinwen and the No. 18 seed Keys stood out, and in the 1/4 finals, Swiatek played against Case, Zheng Qinwen challenged Gauff; In the lower half of the zone, the No. 2 seed Sabalenka and the No. 9 seed Ostapenko, the No. 13 seed Collins and the No. 24 seed Azarenka broke out of the encirclement, and in the quarterfinals, Sabalenka faced Ostapenko and Corinth hit Azarenka; Seeing such a lineup, the fans exclaimed, it is indeed too strong!
If you don't believe it, let's analyze it, among the top 8, the worst results are all Grand Slam runners-up, including Zheng Qinwen, Collins and Keys; The rest of Swiatek, Sabalenka, Gauff, Ostapenko and Azarenka have all won Grand Slam titles, while the top eight seeds are Sakkari, Vondrousova and Jabbar (Rybakina withdrew from Pegula). Please give me some advice!
Of course, today's game is also very dangerous, like Sabalenka and Ostapenko both played three sets, and finally won through a tie-break, while Gauff reversed in the case of losing a set first, if it weren't for the serious decline in the opponent Badosa's physical fitness, it is estimated that Gauff would also be more than lucky; However, the likes of Zheng Qinwen and Swiatek, Case and Collins, and Azarenka won with ease, and the full results can be found below.
Zheng Qinwen, who took the lead, easily defeated Naomi Osaka, the winner of 4 Grand Slam championships, 2:0, and the scores in the two sets were 6:2 and 6:4, especially after 1:2 in the first set, Zheng Qinwen won 7 games in a row, so many fans began to talk about Zheng Qinwen's former coach Fisette, and even in the off-court interview after the game, the host asked about it.
On the other side, Keith at the same time wanted to win more easily, swept Kostia 6:2, 6:1 in straight sets, and only let the opponent get three games in the two sets, which was indeed a burst of state.
However, it was not so easy on Swiatek's side, facing the challenge of the 36-year-old veteran Kerber, Swiatek didn't know if it was unbearable or a state problem, and the first set was won after a 5:5 draw, and the second set was broken by Kerber, but fortunately won 6:3 in the end, but Kerber did play well.
At the same time, Gauff was even more difficult, the first set finally saved the game point to break back, but it still fell short and lost 5:7, and the second set was tied at 4:4 before seizing the opportunity to equalize the score 6:4, and in the third set, Bardosa due to the decline in physical fitness, Gauff took the game away with 6:1.
There is also Ostapenko, against qualifier Slamkova, Ostapenko did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, and it can even be said that he has been standing on the edge of the cliff, but fortunately he once fell behind and tied the score, and finally reversed 4:6, 6:4, 7:6.
In the later game, Collins sent Romanian veteran Begu 6:0 and 6:3; Azarenka swept the No. 5 seed Sakkari 6-4, 6-1 and then both met in the quarter-finals.
Sabalenka played last against Svitolina, how to say, this game is really exciting, both sides showed a very good competitive state, the first set Svitolina had a thrilling 6:4 to take the lead, the second set Sabalenka 6:1 tied the score, the third set of the game, Sabalenka won by Svitolina straight four points break, came to the tie-break, Sabalenka had a thrilling 9:7 to take away the victory of the game, and saved three match points in the middle.
The schedule for May 14 is as follows:
19:00 Beijing time, Swiatek vs Case
At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 15, Zheng Qinwen vs Gao Fu
In addition: At 19:00 Beijing time, the men's singles 1/8 finals, Zhang Zhizhen vs Monteiro, and Swiatek started at the same time.