Beijing time on July 3, in the Wimbledon competition, 19-year-old Zheng Qinwen failed to move forward and lost to No. 17 seed Rybakina 6-7 (4), 5-7 and missed the top 16. In the doubles arena, Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan html narrowly defeated Niemeyer/Petkovic 46-3, 0-6, 7-5 to reach the top 16 of women's doubles. Zhang Shuai partnered with Mertens in a one-day double match today and defeated Osorio/Golubic in the top 16 of women's doubles 6-3, 6-2, and partnered with Ma Hu to be eliminated 6-3, 6-4. Escobar/Hradka reached the second round of mixed doubles. At the ATP Challenger Lüdenscheid station, Zhang Zhizhen eliminated Kovarik 42-0 and reached the Challenger final for the first time this season.
Zheng Qinwen faced off against No. 17 seed Rybakina in the first round. Zheng Qinwen eliminated Stevens and Minnion in the first two rounds, and Rybakina eliminated Bektash and Andreescu . Rybakina's best record at Wimbledon is the top 16, and her best record at the Grand Slams is one quarterfinal. This is the first contest between the two. Zheng Qinwen performed well in the first two rounds. Both offensive and defensive aspects have been greatly improved compared to the warm-up match on grass. This time he faces the powerful Rybakina. If he can play against Minnion In the current state, Zheng Qinwen was not afraid of Ryba Jinna.
In the first set, Rybakina broke serve first and took a 4-1 lead. Zheng Qinwen immediately tied the score with three consecutive games. At the end of the set, Zheng Qinwen missed two break points. Entering the tie-break, Zheng Qinwen made more mistakes and lost the tie-break 2-7, losing the first set. In the second set, both sides broke serve and tied at 5-5. At the last moment, Zheng Qinwen once again had no touch. Facing Rybakina's baseline attack, he made consecutive mistakes and Zheng Qinwen was broken. When the opponent served to win the game, Zheng Qinwen still showed no improvement. As Rybakina sent a bye ACE, Zheng Qinwen lost the second set 5-7. After 1 hour and 50 minutes of fierce fighting, Zheng Qinwen lost 0-2 to Rybakina and missed the chance to reach the top 16 of the Grand Slam again.
Zheng Qinwen's four statistics in this game were far inferior to those in the previous two rounds, including only 5 ACE, 10 double faults, only 19 winning points, and 36 unforced errors. More importantly, at the end of the two sets, Zheng Qinwen's state showed obvious ups and downs, which became an important reason for the defeat in this game. Despite this, Zheng Qinwen won the first two grass-court victories of his career and reached the top 32, but lost to a good seed player by a close score. He still gained a lot from his first trip to Wimbledon. There is no failure in being young, and every time I stand up again, it will only make me stronger. I believe that 19-year-old Zheng Qinwen will win more victories in the future, and will have his first Grand Slam quarterfinals, semifinals, and even greater breakthroughs in the future.
In the Wimbledon doubles, Xu Yifan/Yang Zhaoxuan faced Niemeyer/Petkovic. After winning the first set 6-3, they lost 0-6 in the second set. Entering the final set, they were once behind 3-5. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the two caught up and successfully came back 7-5 in 4 consecutive games. They eliminated their opponents with a total score of 2-1 and entered the top 16. In the next game, the two will compete with the combination of Cone/Kopach for a ticket to the quarterfinals. Top seeds Zhang Shuai/Mertens won relatively easily, sweeping Golubic/Osorio 6-3, 6-2 in just 1 hour and 14 minutes to reach the top 16. In the mixed doubles match, Zhang Sai’s partner Ma Hu defeated Escobar/Hradka 6-3, 6-4 in the one-day double match and entered the second round.
In addition to competing at Wimbledon, Chinese mainland players Zhang Zhizhen defeated Kovarik 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger Lüdenscheid station and reached the Challenger final for the first time this season. Zhang Zhizhen will face the qualifying dark horse Mededovic in the final, who eliminated top seed Jarry in the semi-finals. Zhang Zhizhen will challenge for his third challenge championship.
