PARIS, Aug 4 – China’s tennis ace Zheng Qinwen defeated Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3 for the women’s singles gold at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
This is also China’s second Olympic tennis gold, Xinhua reported.
The last time China saw gold in an Olympic tennis event was Athens 2004, where Li Ting and Sun Tiantian defeated Spain’s Conchita Martinez and Virginia Ruano Pascual to win the women’s doubles title.
Earlier on Friday afternoon, world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland downed Anna Karolina Schmiedlova from Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 to claim the bronze medal.
