China's first Olympic singles gold medal in tennis, Zheng Qinwen, won 2-0 with Vicki ć
On August 3rd at 22:30 Beijing time, the peak match of the tennis competition at the Paris Olympics took place, with Chinese player Zheng Qinwen facing Croatian player Vekic. The competition lasted about 2 hours, and Zheng Qinwen defeated her opponent 6-2/6-3, winning China's first Olympic women's singles tennis championship!
In the previous competition, Zheng Qinwen passed the test all the way, including defeating American player Navarro and German veteran Kobel in two consecutive sets of three sets. In the semi-finals, she eliminated world number one Swatek in straight sets of two sets, which can be said to be impressive. Therefore, people have higher expectations for her to further advance and win the championship.
At the beginning of the game, Zheng Qinwen served first and successfully secured his first serve with a high-quality shot. Then, in the opponent's serve, he used an excellent topspin to hit the ball towards the baseline, making it difficult for the opponent to adapt and forcing many mistakes, quickly completing the break. Weijiqi was unwilling to be at a disadvantage and strengthened his ability to hold the bottom line in Zheng Qinwen's subsequent serve. At one point, he forced a break point, but Zheng Qinwen was not in a hurry to attack and always controlled the pace in his own hands. He seized the opponent's loopholes and made a volley, ultimately relying on a beautiful first serve to secure the serve and reach 3-0. Weijiqi also improved his forehand quality in his own serve, making several beautiful short and quick draws to secure the start. The first set was still full of suspense. As the game went on, both sides felt more comfortable and played in a big open and close manner. Both of them showed a strong desire to attack. The score was 4-2 and came to the critical seventh inning. Both of them involuntarily changed their mentality and sent each other a mistake of putting a ball in front of the net. Vikki caught Zheng Qinwen's lack of depth and got to the break point again, but Zheng Qinwen relied on the forehand topspin to save the break point in the key points with high-quality multi shots. Finally, a beautiful diagonal line was used to complete the break point. Entering the crucial serve of Wikic 5-2, Zheng Qinwen remained strong in receiving the ball, while Wikic's offensive connection was completely contained. In the end, Xiao Zheng won the first place 6-2!
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen's hand was even hotter. In his first serve, he scored four straight shots to secure a run, and then he seized the opponent's weak serve strength and landing point to complete a break. In the second set, he took the initiative with a score of 2-0. However, with a huge lead, Xiao Zheng's form also fluctuated slightly, with some serve errors and non forced errors on the forehand. Vicki ć quickly broke through and the score came to 2-1. Afterwards, he took a 40-0 lead in his own serve. Although Xiao Zheng caught up to 40-40 in the opponent's serve, after some pulling, Vicki ć still managed to maintain his serve and the score was tied at 2-2. It was Zheng Qinwen's turn to serve in the game, and she made a double mistake, with the small point reaching 30-30 at one point. If this game was broken by the opponent again, the offensive and defensive momentum would be reversed. At the critical moment, Zheng Qinwen scored two Ace balls in a row, completing the key shot! Afterwards, both sides kept their serve, and the score came to 4-3. The pressure further pushed on Vicki ć. In the opponent's serving game, Zheng Qinwen continued to play well, implemented defensive counterattacks, broke the serve again to win the game, and then completed the keep and win the second set 6-3 in one go. Congratulations to Zheng Qinwen for creating history!
