Home hero Zheng powers into Beijing semi-finals after dispatching Svitolina

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zheng-qinwen/xCyEhjAS/"]Zheng[/a], a wildcard entry in Beijing, finally notched her first straight-sets win of this year's tournament having needed more than 10 hours on court to get to the quarter-final.[/p][p]The world number 54 sent the crowd roaring as she punched winners down the line, though the seventh-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Svitolina[/a] came back fighting to force a second set tie-break.[/p][p]Zheng double-faulted on the first point but crawled her way out from a 0-2 deficit and fell on her back victorious after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/zheng-q-xCyEhjAS/?mid=2o9H9s3C"]winning her second match point[/a].[/p][p][b]"Truthfully, because I really wanted to grab this win, I was really nervous,"[/b] the 24-year-old told the crowd.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="44c3216e-e577-4da2-9ba9-52f59640effa" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="6614bfed-1642-4ad9-9844-b3835a368568" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b]"I played really aggressive in important moments,"[/b] she said, adding that her opponent "raised her level" in a tight second set.[/p][p]Svitolina made just 13 unforced errors over the one-hour-and-47-minute match, but was outgunned by 48 winners from the 2024 Olympic champion.[/p][p]Later on Friday, Poland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a], the 2023 title winner in Beijing, was due to play Belgium's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mertens-elise/Y1ZrrUtl/"]Elise Mertens[/a] for the last semi-final spot.[/p]