Polish top seed Iga Swiatek sees her 25-match winning streak on the Paris clay ended by China's Zheng Qinwen in the Olympics semi-finals.
Polish top seed Iga Swiatek saw her 25-match winning streak on the Paris clay ended by China's Zheng Qinwen in the Olympics semi-finals.
Swiatek, 23, has won the past three French Opens at Roland Garros, but was beaten 6-2 7-5 by sixth seed Zheng at the same venue. Losing there for the first time since 2021 was a tough blow for the long-time world number one to take.Swiatek was visibly upset when she tried to speak to broadcast journalists about an hour after the match and decided not to speak to written journalists - as she is entitled to do under Olympic rules.
Zheng, 21, lost in the Australian Open final earlier this year and now has a shot at earning the biggest title of her career.The reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion reached the semi-finals with a 6-3 7-6 win over American ninth seedTop seed Djokovic, 37, has won almost everything there is to win - except the Olympic title.Fresh drama from the creator of Peaky Blinders'I have never seen anything like that' - Yee's sprint wins GB gold.
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