Aryna Sabalenka shouted back at a heckler during her match against Qinwen Zheng in the Italian Open quarterfinal.

Zheng Qinwen decided to tell a story about meeting Aryna Sabalenka for the first time when she was just 14 and how "not treating the Belarusian like a normal player" impacted their early matches. On Wednesday,

Zheng, meanwhile, remained unfazed by the drama and maintained her focus, edging closer to a potential breakthrough title.