Zheng Qinwen regretted stopping at the top 8 of the 2025 French Open, "This is the most profound lesson I learned today"

After climbing the mountains, what will it be like to see the mountains again? On the 3rd local time, Zheng Qinwen, the first sister of China's Jinhua, faced Belarus's world's No. 1 old opponent Sabalenka again in the 2025 French Open women's singles top 8 match, which was their 8th meeting and the 3rd confrontation in just half a year WTA1000.

Although she couldn't go any further, Zheng Qinwen's trip had already set her best record in the women's singles at the French Open at Roland Garros.

Unfortunately, No. 8 seed Zheng Qinwen lost to Sabalenka for the seventh time on the Centre Court of Roland Garros, who had won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, 6-7 (3), 3-6, and bid farewell to this French Open. Although she failed to climb the mountain again this time, 22-year-old Zheng Qinwen is no longer the mountaineer who looks up at the peak at the foot of the mountain.

Zheng Qinwen: Focus on the wrong point. Zheng Qinwen said after the game, "I didn't handle the pressure very well, and this is the only point I didn't do well today (Tuesday). "I could have won this fight, but maybe I was too nervous to bring out my strengths. In the face of a tournament that I really want to win, I have to be a little bit more steadfast and play according to my own ideas and not be overly concerned about the result, but today I did focus on the result. "I think it was the most profound lesson I learned today."

Desperate for revenge, Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen in the French Open women's singles rematch, and she said after the match that Zheng Qinwen was a very difficult opponent.

Although he couldn't go further, this was Zheng Qinwen's best record at the French Open. This is also the second time in 14 years that a Chinese player has reached the top 8 of the French Open women's singles after Li Na won the French Open in 2011, and her real-time ranking has also reached No. 5 in the world.　

Saba: I've seen her improve every time I played. Sabalenka, who got her revenge, said it was a real matchup, "She played unbelievably today, I had to overcome a lot of difficulties to get the win today, and I can see her improve every time I fight." ”

In the other Women's Singles quarter-finals, Poland's No.5 seed and defending champion Swiatek defeated Ukrainian veteran Svitolina 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals, winning a total of 40 of the 42 main draws that Roland Garros has played. In the semi-finals, Sabalenka will meet Swiatek, which will also be the first meeting between the two this season.