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Qinwen Zheng's extraordinary US Open run continues today as she faces Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals, with the world number one ranking on the line for Rybakina.
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Qinwen Zheng has produced one of the stories of the tournament. The 23-year-old Chinese player clawed back from 5-0 down to defeat Madison Keys in the fourth round - and then did it again, overturning the same deficit against former Grand Slam champion Iga Świątek in the last 16.
Having entered through qualifying, Zheng's run to the last eight is all the more striking. Surgery for a chronic elbow injury had seen her ranking plummet, forcing her to rebuild virtually from scratch.
Zheng has been putting in gruelling sessions at IMG Academy in Florida, working to sharpen her game and accept where she stands in the rankings. She has spoken candidly about viewing recent defeats as a humbling but necessary part of her recovery, stressing the value of hard work and staying grounded.
Her reward is a quarter-final clash with Elena Rybakina, who has her own powerful motivation - a victory could propel her to the world number one ranking. It promises to be a riveting contest between two players with very different pressures on their shoulders.
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