Polish prime seed Iga Swiatek noticed her 25-match profitable streak on the Paris clay ended by China’s Zheng Qinwen within the Olympics semi-finals.
Swiatek, 23, has gained the previous three French Opens at Roland Garros, however was crushed 6-2 7-5 by sixth seed Zheng on the identical venue.
Shedding there for the primary time since 2021 was a tricky blow for the long-time world primary to take.
She was the overwhelming favorite so as to add Olympic gold to her 5 Grand Slam titles.
Swiatek was visibly upset when she tried to talk to broadcast journalists about an hour after the match and determined to not converse to written journalists – as she is entitled to do beneath Olympic guidelines.
Zheng, 21, misplaced within the Australian Open last earlier this 12 months and now has a shot at incomes the largest title of her profession.
The world quantity seven will play both Croatia’s Donna Vekic or Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in Saturday’s gold medal match.