No. 7 seed Qinwen Zheng and No. 13 seed Donna Vekic will meet in a surprising women’s gold medal match in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday morning. Zheng upset No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek as a +700 underdog in the semifinals, handing Swiatek her first loss at Roland Garros since 2021. Vekic knocked off No. 2 seed Coco Gauff in the third round and is coming off a convincing win over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. This is the first meeting between these players since the end of last year, when Zheng beat Vekic in three sets.
Saturday morning’s match is slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The latest Paris Olympics tennis odds list Zheng as the -240 favorite (risk $240 to win $100) on the money line, while Vekic is the +195 underdog. The over/under for total games is 22.5, with Zheng favored by 3.5 games. Before making any Zheng vs. Vekic picks or 2024 Olympic tennis predictions, you need to see what SportsLine tennis handicapper Jose Onorato has to say.
Onorato grew up playing competitive tennis in Caracas, Venezuela. After coming to the U.S., he trained with famed coach Nick Bollettieri at IMG Academy in Florida and faced players like Robert Farah, now one of the world’s top-ranked…
