Chinese tennis player defeats world number 1, makes history at Paris Olympics 2024

TPO - The women's singles tennis event at the 2024 Paris Olympics just had a big shock, when world No. 1 tennis player Iga Swiatek was unexpectedly eliminated by Zheng Qinwen. Iga Swiatek lost the chance to win the Olympic gold medal while Zheng Qinwen made history in Chinese tennis.

In the match that just ended, Iga Swiatek has a strong point on clay courts (the court where tennis matches at the 2024 Paris Olympics were held, which hosted the Roland Garros tournament), in addition to having a higher ranking than Zheng Qinwen. Iga Swiatek is ranked 1st while Zheng Qinwen is ranked 7th in the world. In the 6 previous encounters, Swiatek won all. While Swiatek has won 5 Grand Slam titles, Zheng Qinwen has 0 Grand Slam titles. But in the 7th meeting, Swiatek was surpassed by her opponent. Zheng Qinwen's dominance was shown right from the first set. She made the No. 1 seed only get 1 break but lose 3 service games. The score of 6-2 in favor of Zheng Qinwen showed the difference.

Zheng Qinwen won the first set overwhelmingly.

In the second set, Swiatek played with great effort and at one point led Zheng Qinwen 4-0. But that was all the world number 1 could do. The Polish player continuously lost games, allowing his opponent to break 3 times in games 5, 7 and 11 to come back and win 7-5. The final score was 2-0 and Zheng Qinwen won the right to play for the gold medal. She made history as the first Chinese singles player to reach the Olympic final. At the same time, she was also the first Chinese athlete to defeat a world number 1 female player since the WTA rankings were introduced in 1975. The 21-year-old's victory ended Swiatek's 25-match unbeaten streak on the Roland Garros court. It can be said that in tennis this year, Zheng Qinwen made the biggest surprise.

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