With Zheng Qinwen's 2-1 reversal of Mila Andreeva, all the semi-finals of this year's China Open were released, and the other three were Badosa, Gauff, and Mukhova, among which the top seed Sabalenka was eliminated in advance, and the 15-game winning streak in singles was also ended.
For Zheng Qinwen, after eliminating Mila Andreeva, she qualified for the semifinals of the first WTA1000-level tournament, which was a new breakthrough, and at the same time equaled the best record in the history of Chinese Jinhua players in the women's singles of China Open held by Li Na (2010, 2012) and Wang Qiang (2018).
Previously, the best records of the Chinese golden flowers in the China Open stopped in the semifinals, and whether Zheng Qinwen can go further this time is also a matter of concern. According to the schedule, Zheng Qinwen's game will start no earlier than 6 p.m. on October 5, when CCTV5 will broadcast live.
Zheng's semi-final opponent is Mukhova, who eliminated Sabalenka, who is ranked only 49th in the world, and her ranking is completely out of match for her strength. According to statistics, Mukhova has defeated Sabalenka 3 times in a row, which can be called Sabalenka's number one nemesis, which is worth learning from Zheng Qinwen.
For Mukhova, Zheng Qinwen said that he would go all out and hoped that the audience would continue to cheer her on. Compared to the defeat against Sabalenka, Zheng Qinwen also won the match against Mukhova, which was the final of this year's Palermo station, and it was also the second meeting between the two sides, and the first meeting was in Madrid 2022, when Mukhova won 2-1, but it was all on clay.
After advancing to the semifinals, Zheng Qinwen has gained 390 points and a bonus of 325,000 US dollars (about 2.28 million yuan), and if he advances to the finals, the points will become 650 points and the prize money will increase to 585,000 US dollars (about 4.11 million yuan), surpassing Li Na and Wang Qiang, creating the best results of Chinese players in the women's singles field of the China Open.
In addition to the success of the tournament held on home soil, Zheng Qinwen also has an important motivation to qualify for the year-end finals for the first time, which only Li Na has done before, and Zheng Qinwen hopes to become the second Chinese player.
Since the threshold for entering the year-end finals is the top seven in the standings, Zheng Qinwen is currently ranked eighth and has not yet reached it, and must surpass Navarro. After advancing to the semifinals of the China Open, Zheng Qinwen's latest year-end championship points reached 3,675 points, only 108 points away from Navarro, and then advanced to the final of the China Open, he could surpass Navarro by 52 points and rise to seventh place in the year-end championship standings. In order to break into the year-end finals, Zheng Qinwen will definitely fight.