On August 1, Beijing time, the tennis competition of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games continued.
[Men's Singles Quarterfinals]
[1] Djokovic VS Tsitsipas [8]
[11] Musetti VS Zverev [3]
[6] Ruud VS Aliassime [13]
[9] Paul VS Alcaraz [2]
Djokovic became the oldest player to reach the Olympic men's singles quarterfinals, the only player to reach the Olympic men's singles quarterfinals four times, and continued to rank first with 16 Olympic wins, only one gold medal is missing!
Medvedev fought on three fronts in this Olympic Games, with 2 wins and 3 losses, the men's singles round of 16, the first round of men's doubles and mixed doubles. Tokyo Olympics: Men's singles quarterfinals, men's doubles first round.
【Women's Singles Semifinals】
[1] Swiatek vs. [6] Zheng Qinwen
Smidlova VS [13]Vekic
Zheng Qinwen locked the Olympic qualification early as the women's singles champion of the Hangzhou Asian Games, entered the Olympic year and reached the Australian Open final, the second person after Li Na after ten years! After 16 years, it has equaled Li Na's best result in the Olympic Games!
(2008 Beijing Olympics: Li Na 4th place)
First round 7-6, 6-4 Kuznetsova [3]
Next 6-2/7-5 Morita Komi
Round 3 4-6/6-2/6-0 Kanendopi
Quarterfinals 7-5/7-5 Dawei [7]
(Paris 2024: Zheng Qinwen)
First round 6-0/6-0 Errani
Second round 6-2/6-4 Ruth
3rd round 6-7(7)/7-6(4)/6-1 Navarro [11]
Quarterfinals 6-7(4)/6-4/7-6(6) Kerber
After two consecutive rounds of hard fighting for more than 3 hours, he advanced to the semifinals. After the quarter-finals, Zheng Qinwen said, "Today's game is too difficult, and I am under a lot of pressure, because I have always wanted to win a medal for China, but this pressure is positive for myself, and the support and encouragement of the Chinese fans on the scene make me do my best!" ”
Smidlova and Wimbledon champions Kretskova and Paulini won two TOP10 in a row to become the first Slovakia player to reach the semifinals of the women's singles in the Olympic tennis event! The 29-year-old Slovakia has won just three top-10 victories in her career, all at the Olympics, the first being in the first round of Rio 2016: 7-5, 6-4 Vinci.
Vekic overcame a tiebreaker to save match point from 4-0 down to narrow 12th seed Kostyuk 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(8) to become the first Croatia player to reach the semifinals of the Olympic women's singles.
In the semifinals, Swiatek, the world No. 1, the new French Open champion, and the 23-game winning streak on clay, faced the world No. 7 Zheng Qinwen, who is currently on a six-game losing streak.
In the first set, Swiatek saved a break point and struggled to hold serve to make it 1-0. Zheng Qinwen served an ace in the outside corner, holding two game points, Swiatek saved a break point and sent a double fault, Zheng Qinwen broke first to make it 2-1. Swiatek scored four straight points to make it 2-2. Zheng Qinwen broke successfully, 3-2. Bottom line mid lane! Zheng Qinwen's backhand blasted out a winning point, followed by another straight winning point, 4-2. Zheng Qinwen won 3 games in a row, broke serve twice, 5-2! Zheng Qinwen served to win the set, Swiatek sent the 16th unforced error, Zheng Qinwen took the next city 6-2!
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen fell behind 0-4 and held three break points, Swiatek sent a double fault, and Zheng Qinwen pulled back a game 1-4. Zheng Qinwen served the game, hit two aces, and the serve was straight and fast to hold, 2-4. Swiatek's serve, Zheng Qinwen followed the ball in front of the net, and suddenly cut small, and Swiatek did not react! Zheng Qinwen broke Swiatek's two service games in a row to make it 3-4. The two sides exchanged game points and drew many times, and Zheng Qinwen won with an ace in the outside corner, 4-4. Swiatek held serve, 5-4. Zheng Qinwen served the game, and hit the winning point with a forehand slash to get the game point to complete the hold, 5-5. Zheng Qinwen successfully broke serve and won the game on serve, achieved a big reversal in a single game, advanced to the Olympic women's singles final 2-0, created history, and became China's first Olympic women's singles medalist, even a gold medalist!