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It is not often three Olympic gold medallists and Hong Kong’s greatest athlete are gathered in a room together to discuss mental strength, sacrifice and what it takes to win, so when the opportunity arises you listen. The first day of the Post’s Family Business Summit closed with a panel featuring China tennis star Zheng […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final Saturday. The 20-year-old American came from 2-0 and 5-3 down in the final set and was two points from defeat at one stage. Yet she took […]
She had seen off both the world number one and two in Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek en route to the final, and piled the pressure on her opponent in the early stages against Zheng. In what was only their second meeting – Gauff having won their first in straight sets in Rome earlier this […]
Sabalenka secured the year-end world number one ranking this week after a stellar season, but she was frustrated, error-prone and annoyed throughout against Gauff. Her forehand faltered – such a crucial component of her game – with 16 unforced errors coming off it in the first set. She and Gauff traded breaks early on but […]
Coco Gauff put in a sensational display to beat world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka and book a place in the final of the WTA Finals Riyadh, where she will face Qinwen Zheng. Source link
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — China’s Zheng Qinwen reached the semifinals of the WTA Finals after claiming an impressive 6-1, 6-1 win over Italian fourth seed Jasmine Paolini on Wednesday. In her WTA Finals debut, the 22-year-old became the youngest player to reach the semifinals since Petra Kvitova in 2011. Seventh seed Zheng fired 12 aces […]
Zheng Qinwen had an impressive second half of the season that saw her win titles in Palermo and Tokyo. (AP pic) RIYADH: Zheng Qinwen improved her chances of advancing to the semifinals at the WTA Finals with a 7-6(7/4), 3-6, 6-1 victory over world No 5 Elena Rybakina in Riyadh today. The seventh-seeded Zheng rebounded […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka eased to a straight-set victory over Zheng Qinwen in the opening match of the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Sabalenka won 6-3, 6-4 to extend her perfect record against the Chinese player to 5-0. It was also her 21st win in her last 22 matches. The […]
Sabalenka is the heavy favourite for the title, having replaced Iga Swiatek at the top of the world rankings in October. She has won four titles this year including last month’s Wuhan Open, where she beat Zheng in the final. However, Zheng has had a successful year of her own, culminating in winning Olympic gold […]