The Chinese tennis player advances to the semifinals of the Italian Open for the first time in her career and will face Coco Gauff for a place in the final. The 22-year-old overcame an unfavorable streak of 6 consecutive losses against Sabalenka and for the fourth time in her career reaches the Last 4 of a WTA 1000 tournament.

Zheng Qinwen earned her first victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-3 to set up an Italian Open semifinal match against Coco Gauff.

Qinwen Zheng earned her first victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to set up an Italian Open semifinal match against Coco Gauff.