Zheng Qinwen is ascending tennis again at the U.S. Open. She may have needed the dip‎

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 U.S. Open. NEW YORK — If any new tennis fans turned on the U.S. Open this weekend and saw the effervescent player named Zheng Qinwen for the first time, they might assume that the 23-year-old from China always collapses dramatically on the court after she wins matches. She does not. They might have gathered she has no problem at all with a 5-0 deficit in a set. That one is true. They might also be able to pick up on one part of Zheng’s personality that