Zheng Qinwen was dealing with far more than No. 1 Iga Swiatek on Monday in her fourth-round defeat at the French Open.
The Chinese teenager phenom was aiming for the greatest get of her young vocation but claimed she experienced “just girl things” that were being impacting her functionality.
“The first working day is normally so tough and then I have to do activity and I usually have so considerably pain in the initial day,” Zheng informed reporters soon after slipping 6-7, 6-, 6-2.
“I could not go from my mother nature. I would like I can be a guy so that I really do not have to undergo from this. It is challenging.”
It was still a feat for Zheng, 19, to take the 82-moment initial set off Swiatek. The Polish star, 21, is closely favored to get the tournament and experienced not dropped a established considering the fact that April 23.
Zheng took a health-related timeout early in the 2nd established for the reason that of a leg personal injury that essential it to be seriously wrapped.
“The leg created it tricky,” Zheng stated. “But that as opposed to the stomach was effortless. I can not participate in my tennis since the belly was way too significantly painful. I actually give my most effective on court docket, it is just challenging.”
Zheng’s road to the fourth round incorporated an upset of previous French Open up champ Simona Halep and winning the very first 9 games versus Alize Cornet ahead of the French veteran retired from the match.
Swiatek, who received the 2020 French Open up, now faces American Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
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