Aryna Sabalenka dismisses Zheng Qinwen and continues his new favorite route to Roland-Garros

It’s not just tennis in life for Aryna Sabalenka. There is also Brazilian ju-jitsu, one of his coaches of which is an expert. Recently, Belarusian has incorporated a little into its training routine, especially for “Improve control of your body”. In perfect synchronization with its racket, the world number 1 seems to harvest the fruits of this new method, and put its opponents at the carpet one after the other in Roland-Garros. Tuesday, June 3, the Chinese Zheng Qinwen did not do better than his previous four victims and bowed in two sets (7-6, 6-3), in the quarter-finals.

7^e world player has resisted. She even made the station wagon at the start of the match and had managed to save a first set ball from a subtle reverse passing. But the Paris 2024 Olympic champion could not do anything in the decisive game in the face of the acceleration of her opponent, who then did not let go of the controls of the match.

Here is Aryna Sabalenka in the last square of Roland-Garros for the second time in her career after 2023. She will find there, Thursday, the Polish Iga SwiTek, triple title holder in Paris, who defeated the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, in what looks like a final before the hour. “These are the two favorites of this competition”confirms the Swedish Mats Wilander, winner three times from Roland-Garros.

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