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    Paris Olympics: China's Zheng stuns Swiatek, reaches women's tennis final to make history
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    Paris Olympics: China's Zheng Stuns Swiatek, Reaches Women's Tennis Final To Make History

    By IANS News August 02, 2024 • 00:20 AM View: 688
    Stade Roland Garros: China made history in the Olympic Games tennis competition, reaching the finals of the women's singles and mixed doubles sections for the first time in the history of the Games at the Stade Roland Garros. Australian Open finalist Zheng Qinwen upset top seed Iga Swiatek 6-2, 7-5 in a historic win to book her place in the gold medal match of Olympic women's singles final here.

    Later in the evening, Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen made it a truly historic day for Chinese tennis when they came from behind to beat Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands to reach the mixed doubles final on Thursday.

    The Netherlands pair collected the first set 6-2 in 37 minutes, while Wang and Zhang won back the second set 6-4. In the decider, the Chinese duo extended high morale to lead the tie-breaker and scored 10 points first against their opponents' four, reports Xinhua.

    TAGS Zheng Qinwen Iga Swiatek Wang Xinyu Zhang Zhizhen Olympic Games Stade Roland Garros Australian Open Demi Schuurs Wesley Koolhof Grand Slam Li Na Beijing Olympics Court Philippe French Open Despite Zheng Angelique Kerber
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