When Zheng and Rybakina meet in Berlin, it will be their fourth meeting and the second one on grass. En route to winning the 2022 Wimbledon title, the Kazakh beat the Chinese in the third round and she also claimed a win in their 2023 Beijing meeting.

Qinwen Zheng started her grass season off well this week, reaching the semi-finals at the Queen’s Club Championship. On her way there, she came through a tough opener against McCartney Kessler, then overcame Emma Raducanu,

China’s Zheng Qinwen has spoken about her struggle to find a usable pair of shoes for grass-court tennis after again changing footwear at the Queen’s Club Championships in London. Olympic champion Zheng changed her shoes during the sixth game of the deciding set of her semi-final defeat by Amanda Anisimova of the United States on Saturday.

Amanda Anisimova surprised Zheng Qinwen in the Queen's Club Championships semifinals with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory, setting up a clash for her first WTA 500 title this Sunday against Tatjana Maria.

Zheng addresses the Queens Club returning to the WTA Tour and staging a tournament for the first time since 1973.