Top seed Zheng Qinwen ‘thrilled’ to play at Queen’s Club as she moves on from French Open
With Wimbledon on the horizon, Chinese world No 5 says her quarter-final loss to Aryna Sabalenka will teach her some valuable lessons
Chinese No 1 Zheng Qinwen said she was focusing on Wimbledon as she worked to move on from her painful defeat to Aryna Sabalenka at the French Open.
The 22-year-old lost 7-6, 6-3 in the quarter-finals to the world No 1 but, despite her poor record against the Belarusian – who lost in the final to American Coco Gauff – she was disappointed with her own performance.
The defeat came less than a year after she won Olympic gold at the 2024 Paris Games on the same courts, and Zheng said she felt the loss would teach her some valuable lessons.
“I blew so many chances during the match,” Zheng told Chinese state media. “I did learn a lesson from the defeat.
“I hope whenever I’m in the same situation again, I can keep calm and control my nerves.”
With the grass season under way, Wimbledon looms next – but first, Zheng will compete at Queen’s Club, where the women’s event returns after a 52-year absence.