Zheng Qinwen has reached the round of 16 in Rome for three consecutive years! While everyone is happy for the first sister, they also feel a little sorry for Rybakina's early no-show!
Due to the suspenseful problem of the second set of the debut against Serbian girl Danilovic, everyone is still worried about whether Zheng Qinwen can pass the Polish girl Fletcher in the third round.
However, the bookmaker finally stopped hinting at Zheng Qinwen as likely to be upset as in his debut, and offered the Chinese first sister and Fodeley 1 odds of 1.17 and 1 to 5 respectively, supporting Zheng Qinwen to pass the test.
The bookmaker is particularly optimistic about Zheng Qinwen's promotion, and everyone is looking forward to another potential focus matchup, that is, the Chinese first sister and Rybakina will meet in the quarterfinals, and I want to see if these two new and old Asian sisters meet in the key round in Rome, whether the current Asian first sister Zheng Qinwen's spear is sharper, or the former Asian first sister Rybakina's shield is stronger.
Zheng Qinwen broke out in a cold sweat at the beginning of the first set of the contest with Fletcher.
Because the current Asian first sister's service state has swayed like in her debut against Danilovic, and finally it is difficult to hold serve when saving the break point, which has also intensified the worries of fans and netizens in the live broadcast room, if Fletcher's condition is as good as the previous round, then it will be difficult for Zheng Qinwen to advance, and the last sister is very likely to miss the bookmaker's expectations of herself in terms of odds.
Fortunately, Fletcher is also the kind of girl who is easily disturbed by the opponent's poor form, and her serve and form are not very good, so there is no scene that worries everyone.
When Zheng Qinwen finally stabilized, the initiative of the game was also in the hands of the first sister, so that she took the lead 6-3, completely pushing all the pressure to Fletcher.
Zheng Qinwen continued his good form at the end of the first set in the second set, and quickly broke the tie to establish the advantage first.
On the other hand, Fletcher was still under pressure and his state was still as inconsistent as in the first set, which also made the outcome of the match lose suspense in advance. Zheng Qinwen fixed the score of the second set at 6-2, and also announced the end of the game, and successfully advanced to the round of 16 of the Rome 1000 tournament.
In this game, which took a total of 90 minutes, from the overall data, Zheng Qinwen was ahead of Fletcher in an all-round way; In addition, it is also better than her opponent in terms of processing ability of key points, which also makes the first sister live up to the bookmaker's optimism about herself, so she has the last laugh.
In addition, Zheng Qinwen showed a better form in the match against Fletcher than in his debut, which also made many people bluntly say that Xiao Zheng should have no problem tying Roma's quarterfinal record, and he is very much looking forward to fighting the world No. 1 Sabalenka in the quarterfinals, and I don't know if he can succeed in Rome this time.
Although Zheng Qinwen is now only one win away from tying last year's Rome quarterfinals record, it seems that this step is quite close, but it may not be easy to get past it, which is related to Zheng Qinwen's opponent Andreescu in the quarterfinals.
Andreescu and Rybakina are competing for a ticket to the round of 16, and everyone has mixed feelings when watching this focus battle, and they don't know who to support.
Some people bluntly said that they want to see Andreescu fight Zheng Qinwen again, and they also want to see the duel between Zheng Qinwen and Rybakina, the new and old Asian sisters.
Zheng Qinwen and Andreescu have played each other once so far, in Toronto 2022. At that time, the two fought in three sets to separate the winners and losers, and finally ended with Zheng Qinwen narrowly winning.
At that time, a very interesting thing happened after the end of this focus showdown, Zheng Qinwen didn't know if he was too excited in an interview, and directly soared out that his strength was stronger than Andreescu, which once aroused heated public opinion.
Since then, many people have been expecting the two to fight again, to see if Zheng Qinwen will continue to lead Andreescu with strength, or the Canadian girl can achieve revenge.
But everyone also wants to see the contest between Rybakina and Zheng Qinwen, the reason is that although Zheng Qinwen finally defeated the Kazakhstan beauty in the year-end finals in Riyadh last year, many people think that Rybakina has just returned from injury and is looking for form and feel, which gave the first sister the opportunity to succeed in climbing the mountain. Now that Rybakina has played so many games and is in significantly better form than last year's year-end finals, it is natural to see who can cheer for victory in the end if the two meet in Rome.
Of course, judging from the overall reaction of public opinion at the time, the people who supported Rybakina's victory over Andreescu and Zheng Qinwen were still in the majority, after all, Zheng Qinwen and Rybakina were both Asian players, and if they met in the quarterfinals, no matter who won in the end, it would mean that Asian players had locked a place in the quarterfinals of the Rome 1000 tournament in advance.
It's a pity that after the contest between Rybakina and Andreescu, the former Asian first sister lost to the Canadian girl 2-6 and 4-6, and missed the opportunity to become Zheng Qinwen's opponent in the quarterfinals.
Andreescu was able to sweep Rybakina in two sets in the third round and become the spoiler who prevented Zheng Qinwen and the Kazakh beauty from meeting in the quarterfinals, in addition to being in good form, it is also related to her strength on clay. This also puts forward higher requirements for Zheng Qinwen in disguise, if he wants to tie last year's Roma quarterfinals record, the battle against Andreescu must continue to improve greatly on the basis of the current state, and ensure that he can win with fewer mistakes, otherwise he may be avenged by the Canadian girl.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)