Tennis-Home Favourite Zheng Sets up China Open Final Clash with Andreeva
Andreeva reached her second WTA 1000 final of the year, while Zheng became the first Chinese player to reach the Beijing final.
- On Saturday, Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to reach the China Open final, defeating Belgian 13th seed Elise Mertens 7-5, 6-2 in Beijing.
- French Open champion Mirra Andreeva secured her spot in the final by sweeping Nikola Bartunkova 6-2, 6-2, a victory that took just 1 hour and 14 minutes.
- Returning from an elbow injury, the 24-year-old Zheng remained composed, building a 6-5 lead before converting a decisive break point to seal the match against Mertens.
- Hitting 27 winners, Andreeva said, "Just tried to play aggressive, I'm really happy with how I was playing." Her dominance set up the final rematch.
- Zheng and the Russian fourth seed will renew their rivalry in the final, a rematch of the 2024 Beijing quarterfinals where the Chinese star emerged victorious.
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In the late spring of the year, the Olympic champion of the Paris Games was the first player in her country to reach the final of the tournament. From the beginning of the game, Zheng pounded Mertens on his service and constantly attacked her in return to lead 3-0. The Belgian, who had beaten Coco Gauff (4th) and Iga Swiatek (9th) in the previous laps, hung on to debreaker and re-adhesive at 4-4. But she once again lost her play at 6-5 in favour…
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Home favourite Zheng sets up China Open final clash with Andreeva
BEIJING, Oct 10 - French Open winner Mirra Andreeva will face Olympic champion and home favourite Zheng Qinwen in the China Open final after the Russian fourth seed eased past Nikola Bartunkova and unseeded Zheng overpowered Elise Mertens in Saturday's semi-finals. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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