Players · 8 dispatches
Zheng Qinwen
All dispatches about Zheng Qinwen. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Elise Mertens 14th in the world after Beijing: Jean-Pol predicted it, and 12th too
Elise Mertens, 30, is now world No. 14 in the WTA rankings published Monday, after beating Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek in Beijing and then losing the semi-final to Zheng Qinwen. Her…
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Zheng Qinwen wins Beijing with 38% first serves: Jean-Pol saw it coming
Zheng Qinwen beat Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the Beijing WTA 1000 on Sunday. A wild card and world No. 54 at the start, she wins her first WTA…
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Mertens wins a 7-0 tie-break against Swiatek: Maxime discovers the tie-break
Elise Mertens beat Iga Swiatek 7-6, 6-3 in the quarter-final of the WTA 1000 in Beijing, winning the first-set tie-break 7-0, a first against the Pole on the tour. She plays Zheng…
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Mertens asks Belgians to cheer her on in Beijing, Jean-Pol is still looking for a flight
Elise Mertens plays Zheng Qinwen on Saturday at 1 pm in the Beijing Masters 1000 semi-final, after beating Iga Swiatek 7-6, 6-3. Before the match, she asked “all Belgians” to come and…
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Zheng Qinwen silences her own fans in Beijing, Jean-Pol has wanted that since Kitzbühel
Unsettled by the restless stands in Beijing, Zheng Qinwen twice asked the crowd to stop shouting during the first-set tie-break. She went through when Anna Kalinskaya retired, and will now face Marie…
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Eurosport pundit fears shorter sets, the club player does the maths
On 19 September 2026, Eurosport journalist Olivier Canton criticised Alexander Zverev and Iga Swiatek. In his view, that kind of behaviour feeds the idea that sets should be made shorter, an option…
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Rybakina celebrates her US Open title in under ten seconds, Maxime timed it
Elena Rybakina won the US Open on Saturday, beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. After the ace that ended the final, she raised her arms and did three small knee bends: a…
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US Open quarter-finals ended at 3.33am, and the C30.4 has done the maths
The 2026 US Open quarter-final day lasted 16 hours, from 11.30am on Tuesday to 3.33am on Wednesday, with four fifth sets. In the women’s draw the entire top 6 reached the quarters…