Zheng Qinwen expressed her joy and relief after securing a dramatic win over Liudmila Samsonova to reach her first-ever French Open quarterfinal. The Olympic champion battled through a tense three-set match, ultimately prevailing 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 in a contest that tested her resilience.

This is what she said.

Zheng at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2025

Now the world no.7, Zheng has managed to achieve a composed 17-8 match record in 2025. The Chinese is now playing at the French Open where she managed to beat the world no.50 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 6-3, the world no.85 Emiliana Arango 6-2 6-3, the world no.120 Victoria Mboko 6-3 6-4 and the world no.18 Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3.

Zheng won 5 titles in her career: 2 on hard courts and 3 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)

Liudmila Samsonova in 2025

Ranked world no.18, the Russian played her last match on the 1^st of June when she surrendered to world no.7 Qinwen Zheng 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 in the 4^th round of the French Open (draw).

During this season Samsonova achieved an overall 17-13 match record. Liudmila Samsonova’s most significant result of this year was getting to the final in Strasbourg.

Qinwen Zheng and Liudmila Samsonova squared off 6 times. Their actual record is 3-3.