Badosa’s US Open disaster, China swimmers dominate, what happened overnight in world of sport
Paula Badosa manages to throw away winning position in New York, and there is a clean sweep for China in the pool in Paris
A Russian Olympic athlete being banned for taking drugs is not necessarily news, nor is the fact that China are utterly dominating the medal table at the Paralympics, but at least the latter takes the nasty taste away.
And before Zheng Qinwen began her bid to reach the semi-finals of the US Open, China’s tennis players made some history in the French capital.
That, plus a managerial change in English football, is just some of what’s been happening, while you were sleeping.
There can be only one
Four Chinese tennis players began on Tuesday in Paris in the quarter-finals of the women’s wheelchair singles, a historic achievement in itself. By the end, Wang Ziying was the only one still fighting for a medal.
The 26-year-old beat Angelica Bernal of Colombia 6-2, 6-3 at Roland Garros, the first time a player from China has reached the last four in any wheelchair tennis category at the Paralympic Games.
“When I first picked up wheelchair tennis, I had a dream of competing at the Paralympic Games and making the podium,” Wang said. “I was still young, and didn’t have the guts to aim too high. Now, I’m almost there, so it makes me feel quite confident in myself.”
Zhu Zhenzhen, for so long the lone flag-bearer for the sport in her country, lost to Japan’s Yui Kamiji, 6-1, 6-2 was happy despite her loss.
“It might have just been me fighting alone in the past, fighting for more people in China and around the world to know more about Chinese wheelchair tennis,” she said. “I can see the fruits of that labour now, and I’m happy because it’s something I’ve worked hard for.
All the gold
