Original title: Zheng Qinwen advances to the Pan Pacific Tennis Open women’s singles final
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, September 24 In the Women’s Tennis Association’s WTA500 Tour-Pan Pacific Open women’s singles semifinal held in Tokyo on the 24th, after three hours of fierce battle, Chinese player Zheng Qinwen won 5: 7, 6 : 3 and 7: 6 (3) overturned and defeated the fourth seed of the tournament, Russia’s Kudmetova, and entered the WTA500 single final for the first time in her career.
In this match, Zheng Qinwen, 36th in the world, entered the state very quickly and, after breaking the fourth game of the first set, managed to secure his serve, leading 4: 1. However, Kudmetova, who is 23 places higher than Zheng Qinwen in the world rankings, managed to break the serve twice and reversed the momentum of the game to lead the next set 7: 5. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen was once again leading 4: 1. This time, she did not give her opponent a chance to overtake and retired a set 6: 3.
In the final set, the two teams entered the “tiebreak” in the strong attack of the two teams. Zheng Qinwen scored 4 points after a 2: 2 draw to establish the lead, and eventually won the tie-break with 7: 3 and progressed to the final.
“It is fantastic to win this match. Every point I scored today was difficult and important. This is the first time I have reached the WTA 500 final and I am really happy,” said Zheng Qinwen.
Zheng Qinwen’s latest opponent was Russia’s Samsonova, who knocked out Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the other semi-final earlier in the day.
The total prize pool for this hard court tennis tournament is US $ 757,900, with 32 seats for single matches.
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