Zheng Qinwen reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles at Rome 2025 and made headlines on the official WTA website and will fight Sabalenka again

In the early morning of May 13, in the fourth round of the women's singles at the 2025 WTA1000 Rome station, the No. 8 seed Zheng Qinwen defeated the former US Open champion Andreescu in straight sets 7-5, 6-1, reaching the quarterfinals in Rome for three consecutive years and reaching the quarterfinals for the ninth time in his career at the 1000 level. According to the WTA official website, in this game, Zheng Qinwen was good at seizing the opportunity to win, and with her violent aesthetic play, she calmly turned defense into offense, and had the last laugh in the fourth round of the women's singles in Rome.

Zheng Qinwen made headlines on the official WTA website after reaching the top 8 in Rome

In the next quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen will fight the world No. 1 Sabalenka again. Zheng Qinwen has played Sabalenka 6 times before, and Zheng Qinwen lost to his opponent in all 6 games. According to the official WTA website, Zheng has never lost before the quarterfinals in Rome in his career, but has not yet reached the semifinals. In order to reach the semi-finals, she must conquer an opponent she has yet to defeat: world number one Sabalenka.

Sabalenka also reached the last eight of Rome

In a women's singles round of 16 match on the 12th local time, top seed Sabalenka spent 2 hours and 5 minutes at Campo Center Court, defeating the 27th-ranked Ukrainian player Kostuk with a score of 6-1, 7-6(8) to reach the quarterfinals of the 2025 WTA 1000 Rome station women's singles. Sabalenka will next face China's No.8 seed Zheng Qinwen and the pair will battle it out for a place in the semi-finals. That's also bode well for Sabalenka, who has beaten Zheng six times, including the 2024 Australian Open final and the quarterfinals of the Miami Open less than two months ago, according to the WTA's official website.