In the women's singles 1/4 finals of the WTA1000 Indian Wells Tournament that ended in the early morning of March 14, Beijing time, Zheng Qinwen defeated the world No. 2 Swiatek with two scores of 3-6. While missing the semi-finals, they also suffered the seventh defeat in eight meetings between the two sides.
When Zheng Qinwen faced her opponent's match point in the ninth game of the second set, she made a "double fault" to give away the victory, Swiatek looked very excited, she kept jumping up in celebration, and threw her fists and roared, as if she had won the tournament.
As we all know, at the Paris Olympics last summer, Swiatek, as the favorite to win the championship, was upset by Zheng Qinwen in the semifinals, and the Olympic gold medal dream was shattered. It was also the first time in Swiatek's career that she lost to Zheng Qinwen. That loss was a major blow to Swiatek, and she even revealed in an interview later that she cried for six hours because of that loss.
And this time, she finally took revenge on Zheng Qinwen on the field, which naturally will not let go of the opportunity to vent her emotions for her, who has always "held grudges". With the victory, Swiatek also made it to a 10-game winning streak at Indian Wells, reaching the semi-finals for the fourth consecutive year and the 19th time in her career that she has reached the semi-finals of a 1000 event.
As the losing party, Zheng Qinwen looked very lost, and his aggrieved expression seemed to be about to cry, but Zheng Qinwen still tried to control his emotions and not let the tears fall.
Then Zheng Qinwen just walked to the net in a daze, completed the required handshake link, and after nodding his head, Zheng Qinwen did not congratulate his opponent generously, but directly turned his head without looking at the other party, turned around and quickly walked to the sidelines. Zheng Qinwen then hurriedly left the venue after briefly thanking the Chinese audience.