After her surprising semifinal victory against Iga Swiatek in Paris, Qinwen Zheng has just achieved a milestone that no one had accomplished before. Zheng has become the first Asian (male or female) to qualify for the individual final of an Olympic Games, as well as the first to defeat the current number 1 in the rankings on clay.
1 - Qinwen Zheng is now the first Asian-born player to reach a Women's or Men's Singles final at the Olympics and also the first to defeat the WTA's #1 on clay, since the rankings were first published in 1975. Pioneer.#Olympics #Paris2024 | @Olympics @Paris2024 @ITFTennis @WTA pic.twitter.com/gpubDtsHPx
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) August 1, 2024
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