‘I’ll beat you’: Angry Zheng Qinwen, Chinese fans react to apparent racist taunts at US Open tennis championships


FLUSHING MEADOWS, New York (SCMP): Chinese fans have reacted angrily after tennis star Zheng Qinwen appeared to be the victim of racist abuse during her US Open match against Donna Vekic on Monday.

Zheng, who beat Vekic to Olympic gold in Paris last month, was trailing 3-2 and down 40-30 in the second set when an onlooker shouted something that sounded like “yellow banana, yellow” as she prepared to serve.

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