After Zheng Qinwen and Sabalenka met in the quarterfinals, the attention of the Roma 1000 tournament was completely pushed to a climax!
Before Zheng Qinwen's match against Canadian girl Andreescu, everyone was very worried about whether the Chinese first sister could tie last year's quarter-final record with this match, and successfully meet Sabalenka in the next round and stage the seventh game of the mountain.
Although Andreescu has not played many games this season, the Canadian girl has been in quite strong form since arriving in Rome, playing better and better game by game. In addition, she lost to Zheng Qinwen in Toronto in 2022, and this time the two fought again, no matter who looks at it, Andreescu definitely wants to take revenge on Zheng Qinwen, which also invisibly increases the suspense of the outcome of this key showdown.
"Andreescu is actually a very consistent player, she will use some chipping tactics, so first of all I have to be patient, of course, when I see the opportunity ball, I still have to attack and suppress her." From Zheng Qinwen's remarks before the game, it is not difficult to see that the first sister of China also feels that Andreescu is completely different from Danilovic and Fletcher before, and is an opponent who is extremely difficult to deal with, and only by using more strategies can she win.
As it turned out, Zheng was right, and Andreescu was indeed more stinging than her opponents in the first two rounds, which was evident in the first set.
At that time, after seeing Zheng Qinwen quickly achieve a dream start of 3-0 in the first set in the first set, some people in the live broadcast room laughed that it was too difficult for Andreescu to take revenge on the Chinese sister on the red clay in Rome, and there was a high probability that he would lose crisply.
But not long after the words fell, the Canadian girl's performance made people look at her impressively. Especially in the case of falling behind 2-4 and Zheng Qinwen taking the initiative in the game, Andreescu really deserves to be a former US Open champion.
"Could it be that An Concubine's reversal drama is coming, and she wants to stop Xiao Zheng from crossing the mountain of the emperor for the seventh time?" The unexpected appearance of such a reversal plot surprised the fans and netizens in the live broadcast room, and instantly made the tension of the game soar to the highest point, and everyone also wanted to see how Zheng Qinwen resolved the crisis in front of him at this critical moment.
What is gratifying is that Zheng Qinwen still stabilized in time at the critical moment. After completing a fatal break against Andreescu, he won the first set 7-5 in a thrilling way.
The plot trend of the second set was almost the same as in the first half of the first set, and Zheng Qinwen was also the first to break serve and maintain the lead.
However, after holding such an advantage of 4-0, the first sister of China did not let everyone accompany her on the roller coaster ride again as in the first set, and played more tenaciously than any previous match. After suppressing Andreescu's counterattack momentum, he also ended the game 6-1 in one fell swoop, giving the Canadian girl two consecutive defeats.
Not long after Zheng Qinwen won, world No. 1 Sabalenka also had a result against Kostyuk, and the Belarusian girl advanced to the quarterfinals in straight sets.
Sabalenka's match against Kostyuk was also very tense.
After the world No. 1 easily won the first set by sending fritters, many people also thought that Kostyuk must have lost crisply. Unexpectedly, the Ukrainian beauty started a strong counterattack from the second set and pushed this set into a tie-break in one fell swoop. If it weren't for Sabalenka's more experienced experience, a big heart, and a thrilling win in the tie-break, if it were another opponent, the result would have been really unpredictable.
"This game makes my heart skip a beat!" Sabalenka was also full of praise for Kostyuk's performance after the game, bluntly saying that the Ukrainian beauty performed very well, and it was not easy for her to win this victory.
After Sabalenka and Zheng Qinwen met smoothly in the quarterfinals, the outside world is also very excited about what will happen after the end of this mountain battle.
Zheng Qinwen and Sabalenka have played against each other a total of six times before, all of which ended in the defeat of the first sister of China. Except for last year's Wuhan Open 1000 tournament Zheng Qinwen and the Belarusian girl who fought in three sets, the remaining five matches of the Chinese first sister were all swept in two sets.
However, previous fights have taken place on hard courts, and this time the two face off on clay in Rome, Zheng Qinwen's fans seem confident that she can get revenge.
The reason is that clay is Zheng Qinwen's absolute strength, and the first sister of China emphasized that she has entered the state after reaching the round of 16, so Zheng Qinwen certainly has hope of winning in this seventh battle over the mountain.
Someone commented on this focus battle and said that if it is difficult for Zheng Qinwen to climb the high mountain of Sabalenka on the red clay this time, "it will be even more difficult to defeat the emperor in the future." ”
Zheng Qinwen's current form is very good, Sabalenka's form is also very good, this upcoming focus battle, will it end with the Chinese sister successfully celebrating the victory, or will the world No. 1 give Zheng Qinwen seven consecutive defeats? See!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)