Tennis-Olympic champion Zheng pauses WTA Tour after elbow surgery


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 20 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Tennis - Women's Singles Quarterfinals - Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France - July 31, 2024. Qinwen Zheng of China in action during her match against Angelique Kerber of Germany. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo

(Reuters) -Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen said on Saturday she would take a short break from the WTA Tour after undergoing elbow surgery.

The 22-year-old Chinese player was eliminated from this year's Wimbledon tournament in the first round by Czech Katerina Siniakova earlier in July.

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