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Zheng Qinwen Grabs China's First Olympic Tennis Gold Award in Paris #.\n\n( L-R) Silver medallist, Croatia's Donna Vekic, gold medallist, China's Zheng Qinwen as well as bronze medallist Poland's Iga Swiatek present with their awards on the platform at the discussion service for the ladies's singles ping pong activity on Courtroom Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Coliseum in the course of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video Games, in Paris on August 3, 2024. Photo through Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA\/ AFP via Getty Images).\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Chinese banner flew coming from her shoulders like a cape.\n\n\n\nA smiling Zheng Qinwen escalated in to record cleaning Croatian Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3 on Courtroom Philippe Chatrier to come to be the first Mandarin gamer to capture an Olympic ping pong gold award.\n\n\n\nEVEN MORE: Shapovalov Disqualified in DC QF along with Shelton.\n\n\n\nTerminating one final forehand champion down the line, Zheng attacked her technique in to background after that plunged to the reddish clay falling flat on her spine in large elation while her package went bonkers.\n\n\n\n\" That indicates whatever considering that given that I was actually a little kid I really wish the gold medal for my country,\" Zheng informed NBC's Britney Eurton. \"Possibly not gold-- simply an award-- and this moment I made it.\n\n\n\n\" A gold award, nobody performed that in ping pong in Asia. I believe so pleased to create record ... Yeah, this sensation boggles the mind.\" There was major trigger for huge party.\n\n\n\nIn her Olympic debut, the 21-year-old Zheng not simply came to be a champion coming from a 10th different nation to catch an Olympic ladies single people gold medal, she completed the most powerful event run of her career.\n\n\n\nZheng spared a suit instance defeating American Emma Navarro 6-7( 7 ), 7-6( 4 ), 6-1 in a contentious clash. That revival was a start to Zheng quiting three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber 6-7( 4 ), 6-4, 7-6( 6) in an impressive quarterfinal.\n\n\n\nIn the semifinals, Zheng roared through seven of the last eight games surprising Polish planet No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-2, 7-5 as well as snapping the four-time French Open champ's 25-match Roland Garros gaining streak in the process.\n\n\n\nQinwen Queen of Paris! Qinwen Zheng becomes the 1st Mandarin player to ever before succeed a single people gold award at the Olympic Ping Pong Event! #Paris 2024 #Olympics

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