Olympic tennis produces contrasting results as top-seeded Iga Swiatek bungles a golden opportunity amid very few real contenders, while hobbling legend Novak Djokovic continues his quest for an elusive gold
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Zheng, 21, faces Croatia’s Donna Vekic in Saturday’s final after she beat Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-0. Both are their country’s first Olympic singles finalists. In snapping world No. 1 Swiatek’s 25-match winning run at Roland Garros, dating back to 2021, Australian Open runner-up Zheng did not even have to bring her A-game.
Swiatek broke down in tears during a TV interview afterwards and will have to console herself with a bronze medal match. But it proved a false dawn as the errors returned and Zheng took full advantage to claw her way back and surpass China’s best Olympic singles result, Li Na’s fourth place in 2008.Men’s top seed Djokovic was imperious as he won the first set against Tsitsipas. But he went a break down in the second and more worryingly appeared to slip and aggravate the knee that required surgery after the French Open.
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