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China's top player Zheng Qinwen won her first victory at the US Open. Facing local wildcard player and Toronto runner-up Anisimova, Zheng Qinwen reversed the situation after 140 minutes of fierce battle and eliminated her opponent with a total score of 2-1. The scores of the three sets were 4-6/6-4/6-2. In the second round, Zheng Qinwen will face Erica Andreeva.

As soon as the draw for this year's US Open was released, everyone expressed "sympathy" for Zheng Qinwen's first-round encounter with Anisimova, because Anisimova was once a Grand Slam semi-finalist and has been in good form recently, even defeating world No. 2 Sabalenka. Meeting such a strong local player in the first round is really a tough battle.

In the first set, Anisimova was in hot form amid the cheers of the audience, breaking serve in succession, while Zheng Qinwen was in mediocre form and could not find the feel of serving for a long time, falling behind 1-5. In the seventh game, Zheng Qinwen gradually got into the state, breaking serve with four points in a row, and then breaking serve again to catch up to 4-5. In the crucial 10th game, Zheng Qinwen was broken by Anisimova again, losing the first set 4-6.

In the second set, the score was tied at 2-2. Zheng Qinwen took the lead and broke the opponent's serve to take a 4-2 lead and maintained the advantage until the end of the set, coming back with 6-4. In the third set, Zheng Qinwen became more and more courageous and broke the opponent's serve to take a 3-0 lead. Although Anisimova won two games in a row to close the score, Zheng Qinwen used his powerful serve and precise forehand technique to win three games in a row and won another set 6-2 to complete a major reversal.

Zheng Qinwen's victory in this match was due to her timely improvement in serving and attacking. In the first six games of the first set, Zheng Qinwen's serve was often attacked by Anisimova, but after the seventh game, Zheng Qinwen changed her serving strategy, which made Anisimova's pre-match tactics ineffective. In the second and third sets, Zheng Qinwen's aces rained directly, and the last two serve points in the third set were the best proof.

According to statistics, Zheng Qinwen scored 12 aces in the match, while his opponent scored only 1. In addition, except for the first serve success rate, which was 2% lower than his opponent, Zheng Qinwen was far ahead in other data, including 73% first serve success rate, 44% second serve success rate, 55% break rate, 32 winning points and 33 unforced errors. Such magnificent data also shows Zheng Qinwen's state in this match.

Compared with the data and results, the most gratifying thing is the change in Zheng Qinwen's mentality. Although she lost the first set, she knew that she could win the game after she caught up with 4-5 from 1-5. Sure enough, in the second and third sets, Zheng Qinwen, who adjusted her mentality, exploded directly. In the middle of the third set, Zheng Qinwen was relaxed for a while and was chased by her opponent for 2 consecutive games. Fortunately, after adjustments, she found the feeling of hitting the ball again. In the past, Zheng Qinwen was not good at playing against the wind. Through the baptism of the Olympics, Zheng Qinwen showed her general style and became the "Queen of Playing Against the Wind".

During the post-match interview, the host asked about Zheng Qinwen's gold medal at the Paris Olympics, and she said that her father kept her gold medal at home in China because he was afraid that she would lose it if she took it out and wandered around. Zheng Qinwen said humorously, "My gold medal is not in New York, but I know Djokovic's is!"