zheng qinwen: i train so hard just to show you my tennis
2024-09-29
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in the first round of the china open, zheng qinwen defeated russian player rashimova 2-0. photo by beijing news reporter wang fei
"really, i haven't played such a comfortable game for a long time." zheng qinwen said to the audience.
on the evening of september 28, in the second round of the women's singles at the china tennis open, zheng qinwen made her first appearance in a domestic event after winning the paris olympics, and finally defeated russian player rahimova 6-1.
after winning the paris olympics, the outside world's attention to zheng qinwen and chinese tennis has reached a whole new level. this game attracted a total of 12,000 spectators, and the attendance rate of the diamond stadium reached 95%, which fully demonstrated zheng qinwen's huge appeal.
with such a hot audience, even zheng qinwen was a little panicked. this was a scene she had never seen at the us open before. but for zheng qinwen, who has already stood on a higher stage, this will further stimulate her potential. "i train so hard just to show it to everyone at a moment like this."
host
enjoy the home court treatment, and the number of wins reaches a season high
after this year's us open, zheng qinwen withdrew from the wta (women's international tennis association) 500 guadalajara and returned to china early to prepare for the competition. after winning the asian games in hangzhou last year, zheng qinwen only had one day of training when he arrived in beijing. after rushing to play, he lost to rybakina in the first game and failed to get a good start to the chinese season.
after the us open, zheng qinwen trained very hard. this time he invited two male sparring partners. "i hope everyone can see my hard work and prevent the problems after the australian open from recurring." after defeating rahimova, zheng qinwen he said with a smile that he has been tortured miserably by his male sparring partners these days. being abused on the training ground is to perform better in games. in the battle with rahimova, zheng qinwen scored 87% and 83% of her first and second serves respectively. her performance was almost perfect. these days of training paid off in the game.
with the help of two male sparring partners, zheng qinwen easily won the first round of the china open. photo by beijing news reporter wang fei
after winning this game, zheng qinwen's number of wins in this season's tour has reached 36, exceeding last year's 35 games and setting a new record for his most wins in a single season. this season, she still has at least 4 games to play, and her number of wins will continue to increase.
when he played in the us open before, zheng qinwen looked a lot thinner. this time i came to beijing in advance, just to use more than two weeks to strengthen physical training and make myself stronger. zheng qinwen revealed that after losing to sabalenka in the quarterfinals of the us open, the first thing he said to the team when he walked off the court was to prepare well for the chinese season, "yes, i am very interested in playing well at the china open and playing well in china." there are great expectations for the season.”
during the chinese season, zheng qinwen plans to participate in three events: china open, wuhan open and ningbo open. returning to the home court, you can naturally enjoy many conveniences of home games. on september 11, zheng qinwen practiced with his team on the diamond court. she can reserve a court for two hours a day, has an endless supply of new balls, and is surrounded by supportive fans.
at the us open, which ended at the beginning of the month, zheng qinwen only had three days of training before the game. he could not guarantee a two-hour training venue each time, nor could he guarantee that there would always be new balls to play, which would have a certain impact on his condition. returning to beijing, she finally felt the happiness of her host.
on the evening of september 28, 12,000 spectators flooded into the diamond stadium. photo by beijing news reporter wang fei
chinese style
humming the phoenix legend live, hoping to go further
in the first set against rashimova, zheng qinwen was leading 2-1 when it started to rain. the roof of the diamond court was immediately closed and the game was suspended for more than ten minutes. while waiting for the staff to clear the venue, the on-site dj played "lady luxury" and "above the moon" by phoenix legend, and zheng qinwen, who was sitting on a chair, hummed along with the melody.
"actually, i was surprised that they could play this song. i wanted to be more serious at the time, but the more they played it, i couldn't help but move my body and mutter words." zheng qinwen likes chinese ancient songs very much, and he also she really likes to listen to phoenix legend’s songs and knows that china open specially played them for her.
zheng qinwen joked that she thought the audience would jump up with her, and she had already started beating the beat. after the game, zheng qinwen thanked the audience and was very satisfied with everyone's performance. "really, i haven't played such a comfortable game in a long time. thank you for abiding by the rules at the scene, thank you all!"
compared with last year, zheng qinwen, who returned to the china open this year, is already a grand slam finalist, with a stable world ranking in the top ten. a paris olympic gold medal has ignited the public's attention to her and chinese tennis. 12,000 spectators flooded into the diamond stadium that night, with an attendance rate of 95%. zheng qinwen was very surprised by this scene. "the atmosphere in the stadium today was very crazy. i didn't expect it to be so full." when he played at the china open last year, zheng qinwen had never seen so many fans. this year, there were no empty seats in the stands.
zheng qinwen signed autographs for the fans after the game. photo by beijing news reporter wang fei
the stadium was full during the game, and there were also many fans during zheng qinwen's training. during training at noon on september 28, thousands of fans gathered outside the training ground. after training, zheng qinwen will try his best to satisfy the fans' requests for autographs and photos. "they said a lot of things to me, but i only remember 'qinwen qinwen, you are the most beautiful'. they also made a lot of cheering slogans, but it's a pity that i i can’t sign them all.”
is there any pressure to face such high attention? faced with such questions, zheng qinwen said that the moment of having baggage has passed. "if i saw so many people cheering for me when i was 19, i might think it was a baggage, but now that i am 21, i have stood on a higher place. i have also experienced moments like this, and i train so hard just to show it to everyone at this moment.”
when leaving the diamond court that night, zheng qinwen said to the audience, "i hope i can go further and further at the china open, so that you can have a little more chance to see me." in the third round, zheng qinwen will face argentinian player podorosca. the two met once in the first round of the us open last year, and zheng qinwen only lost one game and easily won.
beijing news chief reporter sun haiguang
editor wang chunqiu
proofreader zhao lin
