Olympics women's singles final match predictions, odds and tennis betting tips: Zheng primed to take gold
Free tennis tips, best outright bets and analysis for the Olympics women's tennis final between Qinwen Zheng and Donna Vekic.

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Olympics women's tennis final prediction
The Olympics women's tennis singles final takes place in Paris on Saturday and the biggest shock is that Iga Swiatek will not be involved.
Clay-court specialist Swiatek had not lost a singles contest at Roland Garros since 2021 before this summer's Olympics, but she was ruthlessly dispatched in her semi-final by Chinese ace Qinwen Zheng on Thursday.
Zheng won 6-2 7-5 to snap Swiatek's 25-match winning streak on the Paris clay and will lock horns with Donna Vekic of Croatia in the gold medal match.
The 21-year-old from China has already ensured she will be the first Chinese player to win an Olympic medal in singles and she is worth backing to get over the line in the final with Vekic.
Her Croatian counterpart deserves credit for her 6-4 6-0 thrashing of Anna Schmiedlova in her semi-final, but Vekic is more of a grass-court player, and the French Open has traditionally been her weakest Grand Slam.
Zheng, meanwhile, warmed up for the Olympics with a clay-court title at the Palermo Ladies Open and dropped just one set en route to that title.
Having reached the Australian Open final at the start of the year, Zheng looks ready to take the next step in her career by claiming gold, but Vekic is experienced and can at least take it to three sets.
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