In the women's singles gold medal match of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, China's Zheng Qinwen appeared against Croatia's Vekic . Previously, China's best tennis women's singles result was fourth, set by Li Na at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Zheng Qinwen has already made history, and now she has a chance to push for gold and fill the gap in Chinese tennis at the Olympics.

The opponent in the final is no stranger, Zheng Qinwen has played against Vekic twice before, with 1 win and 1 loss each. The two encounters took place in the first round of Courmayeur in 2021 and the year-end in Zhuhai in 2023. At Courmayeur, Zheng Qinwen lost 6-7, 2-6; In the Zhuhai junior year, Zheng Qinwen won 6-4, 6-7, 6-4. It's a close game, and it's up to who performs better on the spot.

After picking the side, the first set was Zheng Qinwen's serve, a serve in the middle, and Vekic received the serve and went to the net; At 40-15, Vekic returned the ball to the net with a backhand, and Zheng Qinwen successfully held serve and led 1-0; In Vekic's service game, it was 15-15, Zheng Qinwen scored consecutive points, and finally successfully broke serve and led Vekic 2-0;

Entering Zheng Qinwen's service game, the two sides fought to 40-40, Vekic got the break point twice, the two formed a multi-shot hold, Vekic returned the ball out of bounds and continued to Deuce! Zheng Qinwen intercepted two consecutive shots and got the game point; But then it was elongated, and the two sides were divided again! After getting the game point for the second time, Zheng Qinwen scored directly from the outside corner to hold serve, 3-0!

Vekic finally held serve to make it 3-1, and then both sides held serve to make it 4-2. Zheng Qinwen's serve, after getting the game point, Zheng Qinwen hung the net with one serve, and the outside corner with the second serve, and the two entered the hold, Zheng Qinwen scored with a forehand slash and successfully held serve, 5-2! Vekic's serve, the two sides alternate points. After saving a game point, he got a break point, and finally Vekic sent the ball away, and Zheng Qinwen broke successfully to win the first game 6-2. Judging from the performance in the first game, Zheng Qinwen was in good shape, and he had a high grasp of the key points, becoming the key to victory.

At the start of the second set, Zheng Qinwen successfully held serve, 1-0! In Vikic's service game, Zheng Qinwen took the lead in getting the break point, but the return forced Vekic to return the ball and make a mistake, and the break was successful, 2-0! After that, Zheng Qinwen's service game was also broken, which was also the first break for Vekic in the whole game; Vekic's serve game scored 4 points in a row to get the game point, and Zheng Qinwen chased 3 game points in a row at the critical moment to tie it at 40! After that, Zheng Qinwen saved 2 game points, and was finally successfully held by Vekic to 2-2;

Zheng Qinwen's serve game reached 40-30, and then 2 aces in a row were successfully held! 3-2; After that, the two also successfully held serve in the service game, and Zheng Qinwen led 4-3; In Vekic's service game, Zheng Qinwen got 2 break points; Vekic saved 2 break points in a row, Vekic played long in front of the net, and Zheng Qinwen got the break point again! In the end, he got a break point for the fourth time and grasped it, 5-3! Zheng Qinwen's service tiebreaker is here!

In the end, Zheng Qinwen successfully held serve and won the second set 6-3, thus defeating Vekic with a score of 2-0. won the Olympic tennis women's singles championship, and it is also the first Olympic gold medal in Chinese tennis, setting a new record! At the same time, it is also the 16th gold medal of the Chinese delegation in this Olympic Games, congratulations!