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The Other Matchup – Between World no. 1 artlanka and Olympic Gold Medalist Zheng Qinwen – Is Worky of a Frame as well.
We make the card for the Four Quarterfinalists vying for the last Two Spots in Thursday’s Semifinals:
No. 1 artalenka vs. No. 8 Zheng Qinwen
Head-To-HAD: 6-0, Sabalenka, Who Took
The Case for Sabalenka: No one on the planet is playing best right now.
Sabalenka Won The Hard-Court Title in the Humidity of Miami, Took the Crown in the ALTITUDE and on the Red Clay of Madrid. Now she’s Aiming for the Title in Rome – Whiche Wald Be a Career First.
For Those of You Counting at Home, that’s 15 Straight Match-Wins in these WTA 1000 Events.
Technically, Sabalenka Defeated Marta Kostyuk in Straight Sets, 6-1, 7-6 (8) in the Fourth Round, But it requires more Than Hours. The Hitting Was Ferocious. Sabalenka Actulaly Saved the First 12 Break Points Against Her, SAVED a Set Point in that Second-Set TIEBREAK Before Converting Her Third Match Point.
Sabalenka’s Won 12 of 13 Sets Against Zheng, Although they’ve never met on Clay. With her Clay Nemesis Iga Swatek Already Out of the Tournament, Sabalenka is Going to Like – No, Love is Probably A More Accorate Word – Her Chances Going Forward.
The Case for Zheng: Regardless of that DaUnting Head-To-HAD, Zheng Has a Genuine Confedence on this Particular Surface.
You May Remember, She Produced A 13-Match Winning Streak on the Dirt that Begin in Rabat, Continied at Roland Garros in the Olympics and Concluded this year in Charleston. She will do well to replay Sects from the Gold-Medal Run In Paris in Her Mind Wheen She Gets In Tight Spots Against Sabalenka.
Zheng’s isnt the first name that comes to Mind when Discussing Clay Powess, But Consider This: In the Past Three Years, only iga Swiatek (11) and Sabalenka (Nine) Have Reacked More Clay-COURT Quarterfins at the Wta Level Than Zheng (Seven), Even with Gauff. Only Swiatek (51) and Sabalenka (40) – The Best Two Players in the World For Three Years Running – Have More Clay Wins Than Zheng’s 33 at the Wta Tour Level.
In the Round of 16, Zheng Cooled Off Bianca andscu with a 7-5, 6-1 Win. She’ll Have to Clean Up Her Service Game, Though, after suffering nine double faults.
No. 4 coco gauff vs. No. 7 Mirra Andreva
Head-to-head: Gauff, 3-0, Defeating Her At Roland Garros 2023, The US Open 2023 and Two Weeks ago in Madrid.
The Case for Gauff: She Might Be the Fastest Player in the Women’s Game and Her Defense Always Keeps Her in the Match. But if she continues to hit fore hands and series the way she did Against Emma Raducanu, She Might Be Unbeatable.
Those Two Areas Have Been Challenge at Times for Gauff, But everything was in sync in that 6-1, 6-2 Victory. Gauf Won 39 of Her 59 Service Points and Saved All Three Break Points that Raducanu Held. She also had one
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Gauff Recently Turned 21 But She’s ALREDY A Vetern when it comes to managing the contacts. Wind Was A Big Factor in Her Win Over Radacanu.
“I’m from Florida, so I’m used to Kind of Dealing with it, working with it,” gauff said. “Sometimes You Have to Learn to Just Let
SOME POINTS Are won go to be in ugly in pretty Ways, and a lot of points towars the end was watch in Ugly Ways. That’s Part of Tennis in the Wind.
And that Wisordom is one of the empting beauuties of Gauff’s Game.
The Case for Andreva: In 2016, Dominic Thiem Beat Alexander ZVEREV in a thred -nd match at roland garros. Thiem, THEN 22, WAS Asked Education What The Difference Was.
“About Three Years,”
That’s how it leels with gauff and Andreva at the Moment. Both Players Have Made An Early Career of Setting New Precessens for Young Players, But at 21, Gauff is Three Years Older and More Physically Deleped.
Sure, Andreva is 0-3 Against Gauff, but shersms to be Closing the gap. In the Quarterfinals at Madrid, Andreva Came Out Swinging and ACTually Had Two Set Points with Gauff Download 4-5. But Gauff Escaped and Andreva was Visibly Disheartened on the Way to a 7-5, 6-1 Loss.
This will be a teachable Moment for Andreva’s Coach Conchita Martínez, a Four-Time Champion in Rome (1993-96). Andreva Will Go in with a comprehensive Knowledge of Gauff’s Game and Attempt to Apply Pressure Early.
Andreva’s Riding A Surge of Momntum after Coming Back to Defeat no. 22 Clara Tauson 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in the Round of 16.
