Fans were ecstatic after Zheng Qinwen made history on Saturday after becoming the first Asian player to win the women's singles tennis gold medal at the Olympics.
At Roland Garros, Zheng defeated Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3 to seize the women's singles gold.
It is also China's second Olympic tennis gold. The last time China saw gold in an Olympic tennis event was in Athens 2004, when Li Ting and Sun Tiantian secured the country's first-ever Olympic tennis title after they won the women's doubles.
The 21-year-old Zheng rallied past Germany's veteran Angelique Kerber and upset world No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland in a row to reach the final.
"To be honest, I think her overall condition was very good today compared to her opponent. I felt Zheng was very calm. She was silent, but you could feel she was very confident about winning this match. We all felt that she would win the gold medal. When she actually won, we were so excited and almost cried," said one Chinese fan.
"She has made history for Chinese tennis. Zheng Qinwen, the champion!" said another fan.
"I think Chinese female athletes have really improved a lot. Their success in matches was more about technique, but now we see more of strength from Zheng Qinwen," said another fan.
Chinese tennis players have embraced a harvest at the Paris Olympics, as Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen grabbed a mixed doubles silver on Friday, the country's best result in this event.
Chinese fans overjoyed as Zheng Qinwen clinches historic Olympic tennis gold
Chinese fans overjoyed as Zheng Qinwen clinches historic Olympic tennis gold
Chinese fans overjoyed as Zheng Qinwen clinches historic Olympic tennis gold
Chinese fans overjoyed as Zheng Qinwen clinches historic Olympic tennis gold
