Qinwen Zheng shared her thoughts after falling to Aryna Sabalenka in the 2025 Roland-Garros quarter-finals, ending her 10-match winning streak on Parisian clay.
The Olympic champion acknowledged that her game plan was effective early on but admitted that nerves played a role in her performance. “I think my game plan went quite well, but I got tight,” Zheng said. “Then I gave so many easy mistakes after leading in the first set… I wasn’t able to stick to my plan from start to finish”.
Despite the disappointment, Zheng remains optimistic about her future, emphasizing the need to refine her mental approach in high-pressure moments. She will now shift her focus to the upcoming grass-court season, where she aims to build on her strong form and challenge for more titles.
Sabalenka, meanwhile, advances to her 11th Grand Slam semi-final, where she will face Iga Swiatek, the four-time Roland-Garros champion.
Sabalenka at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2025
LWWWWLWWWW Ranked no.1, the Belarussian owns a compiled 39-6 win-loss record in 2025. The Belarussian is currently having a run at the French Open where she toppled the world no.86 Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 6-0, the world no.97 Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-1, the world no.34 Olga Danilovic 6-2 6-3, the world no.16 Amanda Anisimova 7-5 6-3 and the world no.7 Qinwen Zheng 7-6(3) 6-3.
Sabalenka conquered 3 titles in 2025 in Brisbane, Miami and Madrid. Sabalenka reached the final at the Australian Open, in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) and in Stuttgart (Porsche Tennis Grand Prix).
Aryna won 20 titles in her career: 15 on hard courts, 3 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Qinwen Zheng in 2025
LWLLLWWWLW Ranked world no.7, the Chinese played her last match on the 3rd of June when she surrendered to world no.1 Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(3) 6-3 in the quarter of the French Open (draw).
Currently, during this season the Chinese achieved a composed 17-9 match record. Qinwen Zheng’s most significant accomplishment of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Rome.
Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng faced off 8 times. Their current record is 7-1 for Sabalenka.
