Stunned Zheng blames lack of warm-up for early Melbourne exit

China's Olympic champion nicknamed "Queen Wen" gave an unusually flat performance as she bowed out in round two in Melbourne. She became flustered when she fell foul of the 25-second timer at a crucial moment in the second set before losing 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 to the world number 97. Fifth seed Zheng was playing just her second match of 2025, saying "issues" after the season-ending WTA Tour Finals had prevented her playing in any warm-ups. "For me there was no chance to play a tournament before the...