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PARIS - German veteran Angelique Kerber bowed out of professional tennis at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after losing 6-7 6-4 7-6 in the quarterfinals in a three-set thriller against world No. 7 Zheng Qinwen of China.Zheng is the second Chinese player to reach the singles semi-finals at an Olympics after Li Na, who finished fourth at the Beijing 2008 Games.
Having run out of steam on a hot and humid Philippe Chatrier court and lost 10 points in a row, she bounced back to 4-4. But the Zhen's powerful shots allowed her to win the tiebreak.Reaching the quarterfinals, at a tournament the 36-year-old had said would be her last, was the former world number one's best performance this year after returning from maternity leave in January.
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