![China's Zheng ends Kerber's career to reach Olympic semi-finals](https://www.portugalcolonial.pt/media/shared/articles/1d/bf/98/China-s-Zheng-ends-Kerber-s-career--054115.jpg)
-
Philippines arrests pastor wanted by US for child sex trafficking
-
Soccer great Morgan bids farewell in final match
-
Drugs test row 'still on my mind' says US Open champion Sinner
-
Paris Paralympics close with a party after 'historic summer'
-
Dolphins ace Hill baffled by 'crazy' police arrest
-
'I let lot of people down', says Fritz after US Open final loss
-
Vatican thriller 'Conclave' drums up Oscars buzz in Toronto
-
More civilians killed hours after Sudan rejects UN experts' report
-
Ronaldo strikes late to seal Portugal win over Scotland
-
Drought sinks longest Polish river to record-low level
-
East Timor prepares for first papal visit since independence
-
Tearful Sinner dedicates US Open title to seriously ill aunt
-
Three things on US Open champion Jannik Sinner
-
Ten-man Spain sink Switzerland in 4-1 romp
-
Hill sparks Dolphins comeback in wild NFL opening day
-
Sinner sweeps to US Open title for second Grand Slam triumph
-
Smith heroics for England remind Collingwood of Gilchrist
-
Thousands protest Mexican judicial reform
-
Nissanka leaves Sri Lanka in sight of third Test win over England
-
Kendrick Lamar to headline 2025 Super Bowl halftime show
-
Thousands defy roadblocks in rally for Pakistan ex-PM Khan
-
Roglic wins record-equalling fourth Vuelta
-
Russia advances in east Ukraine, launches deadly air strikes
-
Cowboys quarterback Prescott agrees record $240 mln extension
-
Swiss double in Paralympic wheelchair marathons, Dutch women retain basketball title
-
New 'Beetlejuice' creeps its way to top of N.America box office
-
South Africa captain Kolisi leaves Racing 92: French Top 14 club
-
Funeral for slain athlete Cheptegei in Uganda on Sept 14
-
Dolphins star Hill arrested on way to season-opener
-
Smith hits back after England collapse against Sri Lanka
-
Weather delays final regattas in Louis Vuitton Cup
-
Venezuela's Gonzalez Urrutia: from placeholder to opposition pointman
-
Marquez thanks rain for San Marino MotoGP win as leader Martin pays for gamble
-
Boeing, union reach preliminary deal to avert Seattle-area strike
-
Neuville wins Acropolis Rally to close in on world title
-
Venezuela's opposition figure fled to Spain to save 'his life'
-
Trump, Harris tied on eve of televised presidential debate
-
Paris Paralympics the greatest ever, say former Olympics executives
-
Pope exit revives Sri Lanka's hopes in third Test against England
-
Gunman kills 3 Israelis at West Bank crossing as Gaza war rages
-
Marquez wins San Marino MotoGP as leader Martin pays for rain gamble
-
Greece to hike fee for cruise passengers to Mykonos and Santorini
-
Carsley's 'refreshing' England overhaul launches new era
-
Swiss double in wheelchair marathons on final day of Paralympics
-
France's Le Pen urges Macron to hold referendum to break deadlock
-
Typhoon Yagi weakens, toll rises to 14 in Vietnam
-
India's Randhir Singh elected Asian Olympic chief
-
Under pressure, UN winds down 'unique' Iraq probe into IS crimes
-
'Proud' athletics great Weir calls time on marathon Paralympic career
-
'Brave' Afghanistan can beat anyone, says skipper ahead of NZ Test
![China's Zheng ends Kerber's career to reach Olympic semi-finals](https://www.portugalcolonial.pt/media/shared/articles/1d/bf/98/China-s-Zheng-ends-Kerber-s-career--054115.jpg)
China's Zheng ends Kerber's career to reach Olympic semi-finals
Zheng Qinwen became just the second Chinese player to reach an Olympic singles semi-final on Wednesday, ending the career of former world number one Angelique Kerber.
Zheng, the women's world number seven, fought back from a break down in the deciding set, sealing a 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) win on her fourth match point.
Only China's Li Na has previously played an Olympic singles semi-final in either men's or women's tennis, reaching the last four at the 2008 Beijing Games.
There were six breaks of serve in a topsy-turvy first set before 36-year-old Kerber, a silver medallist at the 2016 Games, won the tie-break.
Zheng battled back to level the match but was in deep trouble when trailing 4-1 in the decider.
However, she broke Kerber to love in the seventh game to rein in the German and get back on serve, with the set going to a tie-break.
Zheng, who hit 64 winners in total, took charge against her exhausted opponent in the breaker, establishing a 6-3 lead, but she squandered three match points.
However, as the drama mounted under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier, Zheng made her fourth match point count as Kerber dumped a forehand into the net in the final shot of her tennis career.
The German, now ranked at 212 in the world, announced last week that she would retire at the end of the Games after returning from maternity leave at the start of the season.
"What can I say? I gave everything," she said. "I have loved playing tennis. Now I can leave in peace."
A.F.Rosado--PC