On July 22, Beijing time, Zheng Qinwen, who successfully defended his title at the WTA Palermo station, not only became the first player in the history of Chinese tennis to defeat Mukhova in the singles tournament of the tour, but also the second Chinese player after Li Na to defend the title in the singles match of the WTA Tour, writing the history of two Chinese tennis in one day.
Prior to this game, Mukhova had achieved a "nine consecutive kills" against Chinese players in the WTA Tour singles tournament since 2019, with 9-0 opponents including Wang Yafan, Zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang, Wang Xiyu, Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu and other Chinese tennis Jinhua names that fans are very familiar with, including the 2022 Madrid 1000 Tournament with a comeback defeat to Zheng Qinwen after losing one set. This time they met again, Zheng Qinwen did not let Mukhova continue the undefeated record of "China's Golden Flower Buster", becoming the first Chinese player to defeat her on the WTA Tour singles stage, and also broke the curse that Mukhova must win against Chinese players.
In addition, in the history of Chinese tennis, only Li Na has defended her title in the same tour event, and others such as Wang Qiang, Yan Zi, Duan Yingying, and Wang Yafan have all won the championship in the previous year but suffered a "round of travel" in the second year. Zhu Lin is just one step away from defending her WTA Tour title, winning Hua Hin in 2023 and finishing runner-up in the 2024 final. Zheng Qinwen's defense of her title in Palermo also made history by making her only sport in Chinese tennis history after Li Na to do so.
Zheng Qinwen's outstanding performance on clay court has also made the media, experts, and fans full of expectations for her trip to the Paris Olympics. Australia tennis legend Pratt, who turned into a tennis commentator after retiring from football, publicly expressed his optimism about Zheng Qinwen's medal at the Paris Olympics, saying: "Zheng Qinwen will be a strong contender for a medal at the Paris Olympics, I remember watching one of her clay training sessions in Rome, and she can always use every corner of the court in this type of court. "The best singles result of a Chinese tennis player in the Olympics was Li Na's fourth place, and it will be interesting to see if Zheng Qinwen can surpass his predecessors.