Article by David Istrate – Published Monday, June 08, 2026, 4:45 p.m. / Updated Monday, June 8, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
Jaqueline Cristian (28, WTA 38) meets Qinwen Zheng (23, WTA 122) in the first round of the WTA 500 at Queen's (June 8-14). The match started at 16:58 and can be watched liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Digi Sport 2.
This year's grass season starts with the Queen's tournament in London, where Romania is represented by two players: Jaqueline Cristian and Sorana Cîrstea. The 28-year-old athlete will enter the competition from day one, having the honor of playing on the flirty Andy Murray arena.
Match suspended. Jaqueline Cristian – Qinwen Zheng, in round 1 at Queen's: 0-1
The match was interrupted in the second game after the rain broke out again.
0-1. Qinwen Zheng easily won his first range.
Start of match.
UPDATE at 16:50 » The two players came out to warm up
The rain stopped in London, the curtain came down on the pitch and Jaqueline and Qinwen came out to warm up. The stands are gradually filling up and soon the match should start
UPDATE at 15:50 » No change in London: the rain continues
It's still raining in London, all pitches covered at the moment. The organizers announced that the matches will not start earlier than 16:30.
Queen's Club Complex, London/Photo: X (Jose Morgado)
UPDATE at 15:05 » The duel was postponed due to the rain
London does not deny itself, and the famous weather in the British metropolis upsets the plans of the organizers at Queen's. The match between Cristian and Zheng will start no earlier than 15:30.
In the inaugural round, Jaqueline will meet the Qinwen Zheng, reigning Olympic singles champion, 2024 Australian Open finalist and former world no.4. The Chinese is, however, in a very complicated period and, after being eliminated in the first round of Roland Garros, she has dropped out of the WTA top 100, reaching the 122nd position.
Zheng has been injured for a long time and returned this year at the Doha tournament, where she stopped in the round of 16. The 23-year-old athlete was eliminated in the 2nd round at Indian Wells, in the round of 16 in Miami, in the 3rd round in Madrid and Rome and in the 1st round at Roland Garros.
In Paris, the quarter-finalist from 2025 was defeated 6-4, 6-0 by Polish Maja Chwalinska (24 years old, 21 WTA), the “revelation” of this year's edition. Chwalinska started from the qualifiers and reached the final, where she lost to Mirra Andreeva.
Last year at Queen's, Zheng reached the semi-finals, at the time being the main favorite for the title. The Asian lost to Amanda Anisimova, score 2-6, 6-4, 4-6.
Jaqueline Cristian, prematurely eliminated from Roland Garros, after reaching the semifinals in Strasbourg
Jaqueline Cristian was also eliminated in the 1st round of Roland Garros, after a 3-set defeat against Kamilla Rakhimova: 3-6, 6-4, 4-6. The Romanian did not manage to quickly adapt to the conditions in the French capital, coming after a long journey to Strasbourg.
More precisely, Jaqueline reached the semifinals of the Strasbourg tournament, where she was defeated by Victoria Mboko (19 years old, 9 WTA), score 6-7 (3), 6-3, 2-6.
Cristian and Zheng have met 3 times, the score being 2-1 for the Chinese woman. Jaqueline prevailed in 2021 in Palermo, Qinwen got her revenge 3 years later at the same tournament and then beat her in Wuhan as well.
In the round of 16 at Queen's, the winner will meet either Katie Boulter (29, 71 WTA) or Leylah Fernandez (23, 23 WTA).
Sorana Cîrstea will play on Tuesday, June 9, and her opponent will be the Australian Maddison Inglis (28 years old, 141 WTA). If she wins, the Romanian will play in the “eights” with Emma Răducanu (23 years old, 42 WTA) or with Anna Blinkova (27 years old, 105 WTA).
