
Home-grown hero Zheng Qinwen defeated Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-3, 7-6 at the China Open on Friday to advance to the semi-finals.
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Zheng Qinwen competed as a wild-card entry at the China Open in Beijing.
Home-grown hero Zheng Qinwen pulled out some of her best tennis to beat Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-3, 7-6 at the China Open on Friday and storm into the semi-finals.
Zheng, a wild-card entry in Beijing, finally notched her first straight-sets win of this year’s tournament, having needed more than 10 hours on court to get to the quarter-final.
The world No 54 sent the crowd roaring as she punched winners down the line, though the seventh-ranked Svitolina came back fighting to force a second-set tiebreak.
Zheng double-faulted on the first point but crawled her way out from a 0-2 deficit and fell on her back victorious after winning her second match point.

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In the 2026 China Open women's singles quarter-finals on October 9, Beijing time, Zheng Qinwen defeated the No. 6 seed and Ukrainian star Svitolina with a total score of 2-0 (6-3, 7-6), and successfully advanced to the semi-finals. This was her return to the China Open semi-finals after two years.

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