Qinwen Zheng sweeps aside Donna Vekic 6-2 6-3 in the final in Paris on Saturday after playing a great match to win the gold and her 4th career title, the 2nd of this season. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Zheng and Vekic is 2-1 for Qinwen.
This was the 4th career title for Zheng. She won the previous title in Palermo. (see list of titles and finals). The Croatian remains with 4th titles after she conquered the tournament in Kuala Lumpur 2014, in Nottingham 2017, in Courmayeur 2021 and in Monterrey 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Zheng came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Chinese managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Donna in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Zheng failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
They contested 61 points. The Chinese conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the Croatian (37-24). Qinwen surrendered 11 points on serve (25-11). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Zheng conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Donna Vekic in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more to do for Qinwen to win the set because Donna managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Chinese kept her cool to break the Croatian in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
They played 54 points. Zheng conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Donna (29-25). The Chinese surrendered 11 points on serve (14-11). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
