Olympic Champion Zheng Storms Home to Reach US Open Last 16

Olympic Champion Zheng Qinwen Storms Home To Reach US Open Last 16

Paris Olympics gold medallist Zheng Qinwen won the last seven games of the match to surge to a 1-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 victory over Madison Keys on Saturday and reach the fourth round of the US Open.

Olympic champion Zheng storms home to reach US Open last 16

After coming through the second-set tiebreaker, Zheng appeared to be out of steam in the final set. The former world number four had to come through qualifying after a lengthy recovery from an elbow injury saw her ranking plummet. Keys took charge with an early break and broke Zheng again for a 4-0 lead in a game the Chinese player led 40-0. Keys held for 5-0 lead, but Zheng had a last stand in her. She saved match point at 5-1 and kept on rolli…

Madison Keys implodes in third set for shocking US Open loss to Qinwen Zheng

Madison Keys appeared well on her way to the fourth round of the U.S. Open -- before she wasn't. The No. 22 seed dropped the second set to Qinwen Zheng in a tiebreaker, but led 5-1 in the third before the Chinese star won six straight games in their third-round match to oust the American from the U.S. Open 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-5 on Saturday afternoon.

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