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The scene in the stands at Roland Garros’s Court Philippe-Chatrier was dotted with vermillion banners, adding a glow to the already orangey air emanating off the red clay court. These were Chinese flags—hundreds of them—waving in boisterous support for Qinwen Zheng, 21, who would soon take gold by defeating Croatia’s Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3 in the women’s singles tennis final.
” Based in Barcelona, she has steadily risen the WTA Tour ladder over the past three years, with her ranking receiving a major boost when she reached the Australian Open finals in January, where she lost to Aryna Sabalenka. Currently Zheng is number seven in the world; as Olympics results do not count for points or prize money, her position in the rankings will not change as a result of her Paris triumph. But no matter.
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