Qinwen Zheng reunites with Pere Riba...after coach left Coco Gauff for family and personal reasons

Chinese tennis star Qinwen Zheng reunited with tennis coach Pere Riba in a post that appeared on social media.

The 35-year-old has recently left the young American tennis star Coco Gauff because of family reasons. In a post that appeared on social media, Zheng announced a reunion with Riba. Zheng will be hoping that reuniting with Riba will help her take the next step in her already promising career.

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The 21-year-old is regarded as one of the most highly-rated players in the women’s singles category currently playing the sport. She had a more than impressive year at the highest level where she lifted the WTA titles.

In the Palermo Ladies Open, Zheng defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in the final with a score of 6–4, 1–6, 6–1. Later in the Zhengzhou Open, the Shiyan-born defeated Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova in the final with a score of 2–6, 6–2, 6–4.

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Other than that, Zheng also played in the quarterfinal of the US Open — which was her best outing in a Grand Slam event — where she was defeated by the current world number two Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets with a score of 6-1, 6-4.

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