In a focus match of the women's singles quarter-finals of the 2024 WTA1000 Dubai Station that ended in the early morning of February 23, Beijing time, Chinese rising star Zheng Qinwen lost 2 sets in a row and lost to the world's No. 1 Swiatek. It was a pity that he missed the 4 Strong, the scores in the two sets were 3-6 and 2-6.
As the No. 6 seed in the tournament, Zheng Qinwen, who had a bye in the first round, successively eliminated Hibino Nao and Botpova, and reached the top 8 of the 1000 tournament for the third time in his career. In the quarter-finals, she once again met the top seed in the tournament, Polish star Swiatek. The two had played against each other five times before, with Zheng Qinwen losing all of them.
This time they met again. Zheng Qinwen had fluctuations at the beginning of the first set. In the second game, he was leading 40-0 and failed to score a single serve. Swiatek took the opportunity to score 5 points in a row and took the lead in breaking serve in this game. . Although Zheng Qinwen once forced a break point in the third game, he was saved by Swiatek. Zheng Qinwen fell into a 0-3 unfavorable situation at the beginning. After that, both sides held serve. Swiatek won the first set 6-3 after holding serve in the 9th game.
In the second set, the two sides started a fierce battle. Zheng Qinwen took the lead in forcing a break point in the 4th game, but failed to grasp it again, and the two sides battled to 2-2. In the subsequent fifth game, Zheng Qinwen, who had a fluctuating mentality, was broken by Swiatek. In the 7th game, Zheng Qinwen was broken again. After losing 4 games in a row, Zheng Qinwen finally lost another set with a score of 2-6. He lost to his opponent 0-2 and missed the top 4 in Dubai.
Zheng Qinwen also had no choice but to swallow, losing 6 consecutive games to Swiatek. After scoring 215 points this week, Zheng Qinwen will go to North America to participate in the Indian Wells WTA1000. Her current real-time ranking is No. 8 in the world.
