Saying goodbye to the 2025 red clay, Zheng Qinwen choked up: I am experiencing wind and rain

"I think I was actually good at the beginning, and the loss was more due to myself, especially when I was ahead, I gave the opponent more unforced errors, including serve, double fault, etc., and I didn't handle the pressure well enough, which is the only thing I didn't do well today."

After losing to top seed Sabalenka in two sets in the quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen reviewed the whole match after the match, and was choked up when talking about some details of the game, and it is not difficult to see that this defeat is still a big blow to Qinwen.

From stepping on the junior court of the French Open in 2019 to stopping in the quarterfinals in 2025, Zheng Qinwen has completed the transformation from obscurity to the first sister of China's golden flower in just a few years.

As she says – "a gem that should shine", she still has a long career ahead of her 23 years old, and there are countless opportunities ahead.

Returning to her clay performances this season, Zheng Qinwen made her debut on the ground in 2025 at the WTA 500 Charleston Open, where she received a first-round bye as the No. 3 seed before knocking out Sakkari and Mertens respectively to advance to the quarter-finals before being eliminated by No.9 seed Alexandrova in the quarter-finals.

After a short break, Zheng Qinwen traveled to Madrid to compete in the 1000 class, where she received a first-round bye as the No. 8 seed in the tournament and was knocked out in the second round by Russian girl Potapova with two 6-4 upsets.

Moving to Rome, Zheng Qinwen continued her campaign as the No. 8 seed in the tournament, and this time she adjusted her form in time, defeating Danilovic, Frecy and Andreescu to advance to the quarterfinals of the women's singles, and defeated the top seed Sabalenka for the first time in her career in the 1\4 finals, making a historic breakthrough, and then facing Gauff in three sets in the semi-finals, and finally lost the final.

Coupled with the French Open's best record in history to achieve the top 8, Zheng Qinwen has accumulated 938 points on the clay court this year.

With his exit at the French Open, Zheng Qinwen has ended his clay season and is about to start a new grass court season. Last year, Zheng Qinwen reached the round of 16 in Berlin and scored 60 points, while Wimbledon only scored 10 points in the first round, and the cumulative 70 points also made Zheng Qinwen almost no pressure to keep points.

This year's grass court season from June 9th to July 13th is a total of five weeks, including London, 's-Hertogenbosch, Berlin, Bad Homborg, Eastbourne and Wimbledon, Zheng Qinwen plans to participate in two grass court events to warm up for Wimbledon, namely London on June 9 and Berlin on June 16, both WTA500 level events, looking forward to Zheng Qinwen can play well in this year's grass court season and get more points to improve the ranking!(Source: Tennis House Author: Barbie)