PARIS — Iga Swiatek, the world No.
1, will have to settle for a bronze medal at best in the Olympic tennis tournament after losing to Zheng Qinwen of China.
Zheng triumphed 6-2, 7-5, coming back from 0-4 down in the second set after the Pole and four-time French Open champion looked to have started rolling downhill.
Even when, at 1-2 down in the first set, she immediately broke Zheng back to love, Swiatek could not sustain the shift in momentum.
Swiatek will now face either Donna Vekic of Croatia or Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia in the bronze medal match, while Zheng will play the other for Olympic gold.
Persons:
Swiatek, Zheng Qinwen, Roland Garros, Simona Halep, Maria Sakkari, Zheng, Carl Recine, Philippe, Chatrier, Germany’s Angelique Kerber, Donna Vekic, Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Dimitar Dilkoff
Organizations:
Olympic, Getty
Locations:
China, Paris, Croatia, Slovakia, AFP