WTA Rome: Zheng Qinwen defeated Freich and will play Andreescu

On May 11, local time, the 2025 WTA1000 Rome Station launched the third round of the women's singles upper half of the competition. Eighth seed Zheng Qinwen of China took on Poland's Frej, who needed one hour and 29 minutes to win 6-3, 6-2.

Zheng Qinwen

Photo: Li Jianyi

Zheng lost to her opponent at Eastbourne in 2022, but she got her revenge in Cincinnati last year. In this game, Zheng Qinwen quickly took a 5-0 lead in the first set, and then her concentration decreased slightly and her opponent won 3 games in a row, but fortunately, she adjusted in time to take the next set 6-3. In the second set, the two sides broke each other to 2-2, and Zheng Qinwen completely took over the game, winning 4 games in a row to win 6-2.

This is the third year in a row that Zheng Qinwen has reached the round of 16 at the tournament and will face former US Open champion Andreescu for a spot in the quarterfinals. The two sides had previously met at the 2022 Rogers Cup, when Zheng won after three sets. The match is scheduled for the final game at the Grandstand Stadium and is expected to be played around the early morning of May 13 Beijing time.

Talking about the opponent in the next round, Zheng Qinwen said: "She is actually a very stable player, she will use some chipping tactics, so first of all, I have to be patient, when I see the opportunity ball, I still have to attack to suppress her." She's also a consistent player and I've watched a few games before, but take your time because I think I'm getting more and more into shape on clay. Let's see how the next game goes. ”

Sabalenka

Photo: Visual China

Elsewhere, top seed Sabalenka defeated Kenin 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, fourth seed Gauff beat Linette 7-5, 6-3 and seventh seed Andreeva beat Noskova 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the round of 16. No.10 seed Navarro lost 6-3, 0-6, 4-6 to Towson, while 11th seed Rybakina lost 2-6, 4-6 to Andreescu. In addition, Kostyuk defeated former US Open runner-up Fernandez 6-4, 6-2, and former US Open champion Raducanu defeated Kudermetova 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 to reach the next round.

WTA Rome Women's Singles Round of 16

[1] Sabalenka vs Kostyuk

Andreescu vs Zheng Qinwen[8]

[4] Gauff vs Raducanu

[22] Towson vs Andreeva[7]

[6] Paulini vs Ostapenko[17]

[13] Schneider vs Mertens[25]

Stearns vs Naomi Osaka

[16] Svitolina vs Collins[29]

(Text and editor: Dato)