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Controversy! Zheng Qinwen is suspected of being "specially cared for" by the US Open Organizing Committee. Can the Chinese team shine again?

2024-08-23

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The 2024 US Open is about to kick off. The Chinese team has 11 players participating. Zheng Qinwen, the Paris Olympic women's singles champion, will compete as the No. 7 seed. It is worth mentioning that after the women's singles draw was released, many domestic fans believed that Zheng Qinwen was suspected of being "rigged" by the organizing committee. From the draw, Zheng Qinwen will face Anisimova, who has been in hot form recently, in the first round. If she loses, this Chinese post-00s rising star, whose popularity has soared recently, may face doubts and ridicule from the outside world.

If Zheng Qinwen can get off to a good start, his potential opponents on the road to the Grand Slam include No. 2 seed Sabalenka, No. 3 seed Gauff and No. 1 seed Swiatek. Some netizens speculated that the organizing committee was likely to deliberately "make the draw" in order to suppress Zheng Qinwen's recent momentum. Some fans also said that if Zheng Qinwen wants to become a Grand Slam champion, she must win 7 games, but the probability is basically zero. In addition to Zheng Qinwen, Chinese tennis stars such as Zhang Zhizhen, Wang Xinyu and Zhang Shuai will also appear at this year's US Open.

This is the first Grand Slam event that the Chinese tennis team has participated in since the Paris Olympics. Who will stand out this time? The Chinese tennis team has reaped a lot of rewards and returned with honors at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In singles, Zheng Qinwen, who was not optimistic before the game, made it to the semi-finals and defeated the favorite to win the championship, Swiatek, in two straight sets in the women's singles semi-finals, surpassing the women's singles semi-finals created by her predecessor Li Na in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the women's singles final, Zheng Qinwen continued to work hard and successfully defeated Vikic, winning the first Olympic gold medal in her career and creating history in Chinese tennis.

In the doubles arena, the temporary pairing of Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu also brought surprises to the fans. In the semi-finals, the two defeated the Dutch combination of Kekhov and Schulz with a big score of 2-1, setting a new record for the best Olympic record in the history of Chinese tennis mixed doubles. There is no doubt that the Chinese tennis team, which won 1 gold and 1 silver in the Paris Olympics, has become one of the most watched teams in the 2024 US Open. In this competition, a total of 11 Chinese players have qualified for the main competition.

The men's players include Zhang Zhizhen, Buyunchaoket, Shang Juncheng, and the women's players include Zheng Qinwen, Zhang Shuai, Zheng Saisai, Yuan Yue, and Wang Xinyu. In the first round, Wang Qiang's opponent is Samsonova, Zheng Saisai and Wang Xinyu will play against Ponchet and Rodionova respectively, Zhang Zhizhen will face Draper, and Buyunchaoket will challenge the famous Ruud. The highly anticipated Zheng Qinwen will play against Anisimova. Not long ago, Zheng Qinwen's performance in the WTA Cincinnati Open was in the top 16. After moving to the US Open, can Zheng Qinwen find the form of the Paris Olympics and achieve satisfactory results?