Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng's return to Paris ends in crushing defeat

[p]China's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zheng-qinwen/xCyEhjAS/"]Zheng[/a] has largely struggled to replicate the form ‌that carried her to ⁠the gold ‌medal at the Paris Games two ​years ago, with a chronic right elbow ​injury stalling her progress and forcing her to undergo surgery ⁠last ​summer.[/p][p]The 23-year-old, who made the Roland Garros quarter-finals last year, took treatment for a foot ‌problem midway through the second set before her first defeat in the opening round of the French Open.[/p][image alt="Chwalinska in action against Zheng" id="2bec8d9a-c40e-4c81-9b12-d368b64b9ec5" credit-line="Javier Garcia / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia" guid="79c917fa-bdc4-4a5d-b3b4-01f2d8e590ba" original-width="1400" original-height="887" /][p]World number 114 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chwalinska-maja/OIxOD54s/"]Chwalinska[/a], who came through three rounds of qualifying and dished out two ‌bagels along the way, ​showed no mercy and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/chwalinska-m-OIxOD54s/zheng-q-xCyEhjAS/?mid=pS75Ou9a"]wrapped ‌up the win[/a] to book a clash with either [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maria-tatjana/OGYNaUZG/"]Tatjana Maria[/a] or 23rd seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mertens-elise/Y1ZrrUtl/"]Elise Mertens[/a] in the ⁠second ⁠round.[/p]