Zheng Zichen first overcame Sobolenko and went out to the semifinals of the tournament in Rome

Olympic champion of 2024 and eighth the world racket Zheng Zichen It came to the semi -finals of the large soil tournament WTA 1000 in Rome, the capital of Italy.

In the quarterfinals China in two sets punished the first sown Arina Sobolenkowhich acts in “neutral” status.

WTA 1000 Rome. Soil. 1/4 finals

Arina Sobolenko [1] – Zheng Zichen (China) [8] – 4: 6, 3: 6

Zheng conducted a seventh -face confrontation against Arina and for the first time she was able to win.

In the semifinals of Rome, a Chinese tennis player will play against Coco Goff, who used to cope with Mirra Andreeva in her quarterfinal match.

In addition to Sobolenko, he was also able to pass Olga Danilovich, Magdalen Frenh and Bianca Andreesk.

Zheng Zichen for the third time in his career performs on the courts of Rome and first made his way to the stage of the 1/2 finals. In 2023 and 2024 she left a thousandth in the quarterfinals.

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