Qinwen Zheng and Novak Djokovic played against each other in the United Cup in mixed doubles, and that was a lot of fun.
Zheng surprised Djokovic by smashing a return back over the net towards him after he had served and a mini-rally. Djokovic curled up into a ball, then he rose up and made the comical ‘I am watching you signal’ by putting two fingers to his eyes and pointing them back at ‘Queenwen’.
Eventually it was Team Serbia to win the match 6-4, 1-6, 10/6 and the tie.
Qinwen Zheng in 2024
At the moment ranked no.15 (career-high), Qinwen played her last match on the 31st
of December 2023 when she overcame Olga Danilovic 6-4 6-2 in the round robin in Australia (draw).This year Qinwen owns an overall 2-0 match record.
Novak Djokovic in 2024
Ranked world no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 31st of December 2023 when he defeated Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-2 in the round robin in Australia (draw).
This season the Serbian achieved a composed 1-0 match record.