Zheng conquers Vekic 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 to reach US Open quarterfinal
From the Olympic gold medal match to the round of 16 at the season’s final slam, Qinwen Zheng and Donna Vekic seize the moment and embrace the pressure. Zheng just twenty-one, reached the final at the Australian Open to start the season and took home the gold for China at the Paris Olympics. Seeded and ranked seventh, she led the head-to-head 2-1.
Vekic from Croatia is ranked #23 and seeded 24th. The twenty-eight-year-old had a stellar spring season reaching the finals in Bad Homburg (l. Shnaider) the semis at Wimbledon (l. Paolini) and won silver at the Olympics.
During this fortnight, Zheng dropped a set in each round while Vekic won three rounds in straights. Vekic was seeking her second quarterfinal at the Open having reached that round in 2019 (l. Bencic) while Zheng was seeking her second consecutive quarterfinal having lost to eventual finalist,…
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