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Olympic gold medallist Zheng Qinwen pulls out of the US Open

Published:Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 12:13 AM
Zheng Qinwen of China serves to Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in a first-round women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on Tuesday, July 1.
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Zheng Qinwen of China serves to Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in a first-round women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on Tuesday, July 1.

NEW YORK (AP):

OLYMPIC GOLD medallist Zheng Qinwen withdrew from the US Open on Monday, two days after announcing that she had arthroscopic surgery on her right elbow because of “persistent pain”

.The sixth-ranked Zheng was coming off a first-round loss at Wimbledon last month.

“Over the past months, I’ve been dealing with persistent pain in my right elbow during training and matches,” the right-handed 22-year-old from China said on social media Saturday.

“Despite trying various treatments to manage it, the discomfort never fully went away.”

Zheng said she anticipated her recovery would take months, so the exit from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament was not a surprise. The US Open begins August 24.

She was replaced in the field by France’s Leolia Jeanjean.