After a huge upset in the semifinals, the end of the Olympic tennis women’s singles bracket is in sight. The gold medal will come down to two players few predicted would be in this position: sixth-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China and Donna Vekic of Croatia.
This also means the bronze medal matchup, currently scheduled for Friday, will feature top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia.
Zheng, 21, was considered a legitimate threat to Swiatek, but few saw her straight sets victory over the clay court specialist coming. Swiatek had been dominant on the clay of Roland Garros, having won three consecutive titles at Roland
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