‘Navarro Be Crying at Home…’: Fans Troll American Star After Qinwen Zheng Gets Loudest Cheer at Beijing Open 2024

With multiple top players withdrawing from the Beijing Open 2024, Qinwen Zheng has a legitimate shot at becoming the first Chinese national to win her home tournament. Aside from that, Zheng’s massive crowd support following her opening-round win has prompted fans of the 21-year-old to take shots at Emma Navarro due to their past feud.

Playing in front of the packed Diamond Court, the Shiyan native required merely 82 minutes to breeze past Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round.

The atmosphere was deafening, to say the least, which indicated that Zheng gained the maximum support out of all players in any of the matches so far in Beijing.

The home favorite recorded a heartfelt message for her supporters after the win, which WTA later posted on its official social media handles. The noise behind the Olympic gold medalist was so much that she was barely audible in her recording.

“I really enjoy to play here in the China Open. The atmosphere tonight was unbelievable. It’s unreal, I never thought so many fans will come support me… Well, that’s it. See you next round,” a victorious Zheng said.

The love Zheng received from her fans left many on social media impressed. However, they decided to bring Navarro into the conversation and slam her for what she said about the Chinese star at the 2024 Olympics.

Fans tease Emma Navarro after Qinwen Zheng gets massive support

It didn’t help that the US Open 2024 semifinalist suffered a shocking first-round exit from the Beijing Open 2024.

It all started after their third-round duel at the Olympics 2024 in Paris when Navarro seemed to be frustrated at her opponent. During the customary post-match handshake, the 23-year-old starred down Zheng and passed nasty comments.

“I just told her I didn’t respect her as a competitor… I think she goes about things in a pretty cut-throat way. It makes for a locker room that doesn’t have a lot of camaraderie, so it’s tough to face an opponent like that, who I really don’t respect,” Navarro had said in the post-match press conference.

Zheng subsequently won the women’s singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Since then, fans have been searching for moments like these to troll Navarro, and they finally found them at the Beijing Open.

While Navarro is likely to participate next in the WTA 125 Hong Kong Open, Zheng will next face Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in the Round of 32 at the Diamond Court on Monday. Fans interested in catching this entertaining matchup can watch it on the Tennis Channel or stream it live on Tennis TV as well, at 7 AM ET.