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(From left) Joe Tsai, co-founder and chairman of Alibaba Group, Zheng Qinwen, Siobhan Haughey, and twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi, pose for a group picture during a panel discussion “Conversation with Paris Olympians” at the SCMP Family Business Summit 2024. Photo: Dickson Lee
SCMP Exclusives

Exclusive | Olympic star Zheng, Hong Kong’s Haughey on strength, sacrifice, winning mentality

Zheng Qinwen and Siobhan Haughey open up on their journeys to the top, on first day of Post’s Family Business Summit.

WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Key to Zheng Qinwen beating Coco Gauff in WTA Finals lies in killer serve

WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Players at Hong Kong Open tennis looked tired, should manage schedules, says Li

While you were sleeping

Zheng keeps WTA Finals hopes alive, Edu quits Arsenal role, Amorim eyes City test

Zheng Qinwen claims first career win over Elena Rybakina in Saudi Arabia, while Edu linked to job with Nottingham Forest owner.

China’s Qinwen Zheng celebrates during her WTA Finals match against Elena Rybakina. Photo: AFP
WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

China’s Zheng beats Kenin to win Pan Pacific Open – her third title of the season

Olympic champion seals place in season-ending WTA Finals, while Kenin – who played with her right thigh strapped – can take many positives.

WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Zheng, Wang defeat US Open finalists to join Gauff in Wuhan Open quarter-finals

Coco Gauff, who won the China Open last week, is the last American standing, while a win for Aryna Sabalenka will give her top ranking.

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ATP

Sinner defies doping case to make last 4 at China Open, Zheng through to last 16

Wada is seeking a ban for the Italian after he twice tested positive for traces of a steroid; hometown hero Zheng beats Nadia Podoroska.

Italy’s Jannik Sinner hits a return to Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka in their quarter-final at the China Open in Beijing on Monday. Photo: AFP
WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Osaka sets up clash with Gauff in Beijing as US Open champ Sabalenka marches on

Former China Open winner Osaka showed glimpses of her past form in round-of-32 win as world No 2 Sabalenka will face the US’ Madison Keys.

WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Osaka wants ‘no regrets’ as she makes easy China Open start with new coach in box

Former world No 1 confirms she has teamed up with Serena Williams’ renowned former coach Patrick Mouratoglou in bid for a return to form.

WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Olympic champ Zheng Qinwen to channel energy of home fans in China Open title bid

‘Queen Wen’ is drawn to meet nemesis Aryna Sabalenka in the semis of an event the Chinese star has been looking forward to.

Zheng Qinwen says she is looking forward to playing in front of crowds where “95 per cent” of the supporters will be behind her. Photo: Xinhua
Ant Group

Ant International teams up with EPL’s Tottenham Hotspur in global expansion push

Singapore-based Ant International will serve as Tottenham Hotspur’s exclusive global payment solutions provider and digital wallet partner.

Ant International expects to score big under a strategic partnership with English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur. Photo: Shutterstock
Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open

China’s recent tennis success no fluke but reflects genuine progress, Li Na says

China’s only grand slam champion says the rise of the men’s game has been good, with Zhang Zhizhen’s July ranking a ‘very big breakthrough’.

US Open (tennis)

Zheng blames sleepless night for tame US Open loss, eyes ‘prime time’ in China

Chinese Olympic champion had finished her previous match at 2.30am the previous day, and was unable to practise before facing Aryna Sabalenka.

US Open (tennis)

‘I will beat you’: angry Zheng, Chinese fans react to racist taunts at US Open

Chinese No 1’s anger was a response to the slur ‘yellow banana, yellow’ picked up by courtside microphones during her fourth-round win over Croatian Donna Vekic.

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Qinwen Zheng gestures towards fans moving in the stands during play against Donna Vekic in a women’s singles match on day seven of the 2024 US Open tennis tournament. Photo: USA Today Sports via Reuters
US Open (tennis)

Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen opts for disguise to keep a low profile in China

Paris gold medallist admits to struggling with new-found fame but accepts it is the price she must pay for success.

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Zheng Qinwen celebrates beating Julie Niemeier in the third round of the women’s singles at the US Open. Photo: USA TODAY Sports
US Open (tennis)

Olympic champion Zheng powers her way through tough Anisimova test at US Open

Amanda Anisimova takes first set, before China’s gold medallist bounces back to reach second round.

US Open (tennis)

Zheng, Gauff, Djokovic take to the courts as US Open at Flushing Meadow starts

Olympic champion Zheng hopes to be China’s first grand slam winner in 10 years, while it is the last chance for a major this year for the Serb.

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US Open (tennis)

Zheng Qinwen just wants to keep ‘winning, winning, winning’ after Olympic gold

Chinese player admits to loss of motivation after losing in the final of the Australian Open at start of year.

Zheng Qinwen practices ahead of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre. Photo: Getty Images
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Xi praises China’s Olympians for winning ‘glory for the country and people’

President Xi Jinping meets country’s athletes at event in Beijing and says they won with ‘morality and integrity’.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Letters | A bright side to Olympic gold medallist Vivian Kong’s retirement

Readers discuss the fencer’s image as a heroine, tennis gold for China, false allegations against a boxer, and China’s third plenum communique.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Letters | Why Zheng Qinwen’s Olympic tennis gold for China matters

Readers discuss a milestone for Chinese tennis, and why China should shorten children’s school hours.

Zheng Qinwen of China celebrates after winning the women’s singles gold medal match at Roland Garros in Paris on August 3. Photo: Reuters
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Zheng Qinwen’s Paris Olympics success down to tiger parenting, says father

Zheng made history earlier this week as she claimed China’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s tennis.

Zheng Qinwen competes during the women’s singles gold medal match of tennis at the Paris Olympics. Photo: Xinhua
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: Lyles wins men’s 100m after Djokovic, Fan golds – as it happened

Victory over Carlos Alcaraz gives Novak Djokovic the one prize he had never won, and Chinese Taipei retain badminton men’s doubles title.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China hails ‘Queen Wen’ after she says gold ‘brought glory to her ancestors’

Zheng Qinwen says ‘glory of country is above self’, with historic tennis win more meaningful than a grand slam title.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Zheng Qinwen aims to inspire Chinese girls after historic Olympic tennis gold

She dedicates triumph to her parents for driving her on, saying her father ‘treats the Olympics with more importance than any other event’.

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Gold medallist Qinwen Zheng of China poses with her medal. Photo: Reuters
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: Zheng tennis gold, Alfred wins women’s 100m – as it happened

Zheng Qinwen takes China’s first singles tennis gold, Chen Meng repeats table tennis glory, Sha’Carri Richardson beaten into silver in 100m.

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Zheng Qinwen celebrates clinching gold by beating Donna Vekic of Croatia. Photo: Reuters
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Novak Djokovic hails Zheng Qinwen Olympic run, ‘huge for China and our sport’

Men’s greatest of all time toasts emergence of Chinese champion, ‘they have been waiting since Li Na’.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Who is China's tennis star 'Queen Wen'?

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last updated:
19 September, 2024
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