In the women’s singles at the China Open tennis tournament, local player Qinwen Zheng won the championship title on Sunday.
She became the first Chinese player to win the title in the history of this tournament held in China. In the final, Zheng stunned French Open reigning champion Mirra Andreeva of Russia, defeating her in straight sets 7-5, 6-4. The match ended in 1 hour and 43 minutes.
Zheng, who has become a champion in a WTA 1000 event for the first time, has won her sixth career title overall. Notably, this is her first championship title in the past two years.
It is noteworthy that Andreeva is ranked 5th in the world rankings, while Zheng is ranked 54th. This was the second time the two had met, and Zheng won this one as well.
Earlier, when they met at the same China Open in 2024, Zheng had defeated Andreeva in the quarterfinals. At that time, Zheng was ranked 5th and Andreeva 17th. The champion Zheng received the trophy, 1,000 ranking points, and a cash prize of Rs. 11.14 crore.

Walkover
Doubles: In the women’s doubles event at the China Open, the second-seeded pair of Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani defeated the top-seeded duo of China’s Zhang Shuai and the Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 6-2 in straight sets to claim the title. For the Dabrowski/Stefani pair, this was their fifth title of the current season, and their seventh trophy overall as a team.
Zverev, De Minaur win; shock for Shelton
In the third round of the men’s Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in China, top seed Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated Quentin Halys of France 6-4, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3.
Third seed Ben Shelton of the United States suffered a shocking defeat to Arthur Rinderknech of France, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (3/7). Ninth seed Alex de Minaur of Australia defeated Japan’s Rei Sakamoto 7-6 (8/6), 6-4.
Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik defeated America’s Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), while Czech Republic’s Jakub Mensik beat Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo in sets of 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz eliminated Zizou Bergs 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, and Russia’s Karen Khachanov ousted France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-4.