Zheng Defeats Vekic for Olympic Gold in Paris
Qinwen Zheng captured the largest title of her profession on Saturday in Paris, France, successful the Olympic Gold medal over Croatian Donna Vekic.
Recording a 6-2, 6-3 victory, Zheng wanted one hour and 44 minutes to prevail.
Hitting 14 winners, three aces and breaking serve on 4 events, the 21-year-old fell to the courtroom after her victory.
At the moment ranked No. 7 on the planet, Zheng additionally defeated world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in straight units within the semifinals.
Reaching the finals of the Australian Open in January, Zheng just lately gained the WTA occasion in Palermo, Italy.
Vekic, who has been enjoying among the finest tennis of her profession, just lately made the semifinals of Wimbledon.
The 28-year-old is presently ranked No. 21 on the pc rankings and can take house the Silver medal for her nation.
Within the males’s Bronze medal match, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Musetti has had an important summer time, together with reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon.
In doubles motion, Matthew Eden and John Friends gained the Gold Medal over Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek.
The Bronze Medal doubles match featured Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul defeating Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek 6-3, 6-4.
Males’s Remaining Preview: Djokovic vs. Alcaraz
The premier match up of males’s tennis continues on Sunday in Paris. World No. 2 Novak Djokovic will tackle red-hot Carlos Alcaraz for the Gold Medal.
Djokovic, who is just lacking the Gold Medal to finish his assortment of successful each single main title in tennis, would be the underdog going into the encounter.
Dropping to Alcaraz within the Wimbledon ultimate, Djokovic has additionally been carrying a knee damage by means of the occasion in Paris. The 37-year-old is the oldest male participant to achieve the finals of the Olympic Tennis Occasion.
Against this, Alcaraz heads into the ultimate filled with confidence and vigour. Not shedding a set en-route to the finals, Alcaraz has just lately gained the French Open and Wimbledon and might be seeking to grow to be the youngest Gold Medal winner in tennis historical past.
The 21-year-old presently has 4 Main titles to his identify and most just lately defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 within the semifinals on Friday.
Sunday’s ultimate needs to be a aggressive match, with loads of historical past on the road for each gamers.
Mubadala Citi DC Open—Washington, D.C.
Saturday’s semifinal motion in Washington, D.C. featured No. 4 seed Sebastian Korda and No. 10 seed Flavio Cobolli advancing to Sunday’s championship match.
With the semifinal matches performed concurrently on Stadium Courtroom and Courtroom 1 due to rain all through the day, Korda ousted hometown favorite Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-4 and Cobolli wanted two hours and 5 minutes take out No. 2 seed Ben Shelton 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Cobolli, who might be enjoying in his first profession ultimate on Sunday, hit six aces, 26 winners and broke the serve of Shelton on three events.
Korda might be contesting his eighth ultimate on Tour, and presently stands at 1-6 in Championship matches. The 24-year-old gained his lone title in Parma, Italy in 2021.
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