On May 15, Beijing time, the women's singles 1/4 finals of the WTA1000 Rome Tour ushered in a passionate duel after 00, Chinese player Zheng Qinwen Vs American player Gauff, as a result, after two rounds of fighting, the world's higher-ranked Gauff defeated Zheng Qinwen 2:0 and advanced to the semifinals, while Zheng Qinwen had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat and stop the quarterfinals, regrettably out.
Zheng Qinwen is the runner-up of this year's Australian Open, while Gauff defeated Sabalenka at last year's US Open to win her first Grand Slam title, becoming the 12th woman in US Open history to win the US Open singles title before the age of 20. Strangely, the two have never played against each other in the professional arena, and this encounter is bound to win.
In the first set of the game, Gauff served first, both sides held serve in the first seven games, Gauff led 4-3, in the eighth game, Zheng Qinwen's quality declined, and the opponent broke first, but Zheng Qinwen then also used color to pull the score back to parity, the two sides fought all the way to 6-6 draw, into the tie-break, as a result, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in completing the mini break, three consecutive winning point mistakes, and the opponent seized the opportunity to win 7:5 and lost the first game.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in serving, the loss in the first set seemed to affect Zheng Qinwen's mentality, as soon as he came up, he was broken by the opponent, Gao Fu broke the belt to take a 2:0 lead, and then, although Zheng Qinwen also struggled to hold serve to win a game, but the opponent's momentum was unstoppable, and Zheng Qinwen's mentality was unbalanced, and the whole line collapsed, 1 Gao Fu won four games in a row, and locked the victory with 6:1.
Looking at the whole game, it was a typical Zheng Qinwen-style defeat. From evenly matched, to slightly struggling, to a total collapse, it seems to have plummeted in an instant. It should be said that both sides played at a high level in this campaign, but Zheng Qinwen seems to be inferior to younger opponents in the mastery of the rhythm of the game, the adjustment of mentality and the grasp of key points.
Losing this battle, Zheng Qinwen not only lost this youth duel and stopped in the quarterfinals, but also missed the opportunity to improve his ranking. In fact, after watching this game, it is not difficult for us to find that Zheng Qinwen needs to improve his ranking? There are many problems from technical tactics to psychological quality, and if they don't change early, their career will be much bleaker.