Paris Olympics—Paris, France
Zheng Defeats Vekic for Olympic Gold in Paris
Qinwen Zheng captured the biggest title of her career on Saturday in Paris, France, winning the Olympic Gold medal over Croatian Donna Vekic.
Recording a 6-2, 6-3 victory, Zheng needed one hour and 44 minutes to prevail.
Hitting 14 winners, three aces and breaking serve on four occasions, the 21-year-old fell to the court after her victory.
Currently ranked No. 7 in the world, Zheng also defeated world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in straight sets in the semifinals.
Reaching the finals of the Australian Open in January, Zheng recently won the WTA event in Palermo, Italy.
Vekic, who has been playing some of the best tennis of her career, recently made the semifinals of Wimbledon.
The 28-year-old is currently ranked No. 21 on the computer rankings and will take home the Silver medal for her country.
In the men’s Bronze medal match, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Musetti has had a great summer, including reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon.
In doubles action, Matthew Eden and John Peers won the Gold Medal over Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek.
The Bronze Medal doubles match featured Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul defeating Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek 6-3, 6-4.
Men’s Final Preview: Djokovic vs. Alcaraz
The premier match up of men’s tennis continues on Sunday in Paris. World No. 2 Novak Djokovic will take on red-hot Carlos Alcaraz for the Gold Medal.
Djokovic, who is only missing the Gold Medal to complete his collection of winning every single major title in tennis, will be the underdog going into the encounter.
Losing to Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final, Djokovic has also been carrying a knee injury through the event in Paris. The 37-year-old is the oldest male player to reach the finals of the Olympic Tennis Event.
By contrast, Alcaraz heads into the final full of confidence and vigour. Not losing a set en-route to the finals, Alcaraz has recently won the French Open and Wimbledon and will be looking to become the youngest Gold Medal winner in tennis history.
The 21-year-old currently has four Major titles to his name and most recently defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals on Friday.
Sunday’s final should be a competitive match, with a lot of history on the line for both players.
Mubadala Citi DC Open—Washington, D.C.
Saturday’s semifinal action in Washington, D.C. featured No. 4 seed Sebastian Korda and No. 10 seed Flavio Cobolli advancing to Sunday’s championship match.
With the semifinal matches played concurrently on Stadium Court and Court 1 because of rain throughout the day, Korda ousted hometown favourite Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-4 and Cobolli needed two hours and five minutes take out No. 2 seed Ben Shelton 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Cobolli, who will be playing in his first career final on Sunday, hit six aces, 26 winners and broke the serve of Shelton on three occasions.
Korda will be contesting his eighth final on Tour, and currently stands at 1-6 in Championship matches. The 24-year-old won his lone title in Parma, Italy in 2021.
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