Qinwen Zheng turned a wildcard into a home breakthrough Sunday, beating #4 seed Mirra Andreeva 7–5, 6–4 to become the first Chinese singles champion at the China Open. Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani completed the women’s finals program with a commanding doubles victory over top seeds Katerina Siniakova and Zhang Shuai.
Zheng survived three set points in the opening set before taking control of the singles final. Andreeva had broken for a 2–0 lead, but Zheng resisted the opportunity to let the set slip away in the tenth game. She won its final 11 points, transforming a threatened deficit into the lead.
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