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[post-game press conference] zhang shuai: thanks to badosa for your encouragement, i will continue to persevere

on october 3rd, beijing time, zhang shuai regretted losing to badosa 0-2 in the quarterfinals of the china open. he once again missed the first semifinals of the china open and the first semifinals of the wta1000 in his career. however, zhang shuai still persisted after suffering a 24-game losing streak across the season. only then did he rebound at the china open and return to the quarterfinals. at the age of 35, she is still fighting in the competition, and her hard work has been widely recognized by the public.

zhang shuai revealed that his future goal is to win the grand slam women's doubles and mixed doubles championships, and also hopes to get his singles ranking back. she also said that her doubles grand slam championship was not considered a world championship, and her grades were not enough to be admitted to the championship class of beijing university of physical education. moreover, because she did not have a beijing household registration and only had a bachelor's degree, she was not admitted as a tennis coach at tsinghua university.

when the 21-year-old zheng qinwen rises and firmly takes the throne of china's golden flower sister, the 35-year-old zhang shuai cannot be ignored. she represents the persistence of veterans. zhang shuai returned to the quarterfinals of the china open after 6 years. even though she unfortunately lost to badosa, she fought hard in the second set until the tiebreaker and lost. such fighting spirit is awe-inspiring.

zhang shuai waved to the fans after the game, and the fans at the scene also applauded and cheered her. the career of "veteran zhang shuai" is still continuing. she also hopes that the outside world can call her "young general zhang shuai" and wants to continue to explore her remaining potential. .

zhang shuai: i don’t want to become a full-time doubles player

zhang shuai talked about her next career goals at the press conference. she said she wanted to win the grand slam women's doubles and mixed doubles championships: "my personal goals are very clear. no matter whether it is doubles or mixed doubles, i hope to be able to win a grand slam championship, first get back to the top 200, be able to qualify for the grand slam, and then get the ranking back, because you have to play a lot of low-level matches, and the scores will not be like those at the china open. it’s so big, so i have to accumulate it bit by bit. but no matter what the competition is, i have tried my best since i was a kid. no matter which city, which competition, or which country, i have tried my best.”

zhang shuai has always been a player who plays both singles and doubles. she also further said: "i will try to play doubles and singles at the same time next year, because i don't really want to become a full-time doubles player. after losing many games in a row some time ago (cross 24 consecutive losses in singles this season), i also asked the team, if i want to continue my career as a doubles player, do i not want to come back to these events? so i train hard every day, just hoping to play singles. return."

zhang shuai swept the first four rounds of this year's china open 2-0, especially the no. 6 seed navarro, who is ranked eighth in the world, proving that she still has strong strength. even though zhang shuai lost to badosa, although she lost 1-6 in the first set, she made strong adjustments in the second set and dragged her into the tie-break. unfortunately, she was eliminated after losing 4-7 in the tie-break.

badosa spoke highly of zhang shuai after the game: "zhang shuai is a great person, you can see her level today. i am happy for her, because she went through a very difficult moment, but she showed her fighter side, she it's great, her team is great. she always has a smile on her face and even supports me on tour, so it's great to have a player like that on tour and i talked to her at the net and told her not to retire because of her. the level is still very, very high.”

grand slam champion not considered world champion? i was not accepted into the championship class of beijing university of physical education

it is not that zhang shuai has not considered retirement and transformation. according to zhang shuai, she was not included in the "beijing sports university champion class" and "tsinghua university tennis coach" because "grand slam champions are not world champions" and she did not have a beijing household registration. admission etc.

zhang shuai talked about what happened in the last olympic cycle: "for my life, there is no way out, because i also tried to apply for the championship class of beijing sports university in the tokyo cycle. i was actually admitted at that time, and i have already received my student number. i don’t know why i was playing games outside, but i also asked, why are there no classes in this school? but i was told that i was not admitted, and they said that my grades were not good enough to be admitted to beijing university of physical education. champion class. so for tennis, a grand slam champion is not a world champion, so i am surprised that i have lost the opportunity to go to college and continue my master's degree, so i think i will just play hard!"

applying for a job as a tennis coach at tsinghua university, but not having a beijing household registration does not meet the requirements

zhang shuai persisted from the tokyo olympics to the paris olympics: "as a result, he persisted for four years until last year (actually it was 3 years from the tokyo olympics to the paris olympics). in addition to injuries, he also imagined doing something for other players. then he went to tsinghua university, which we had dreamed of since childhood. , it happened that they were recruiting tennis coaches, and everyone said, shuai shuai, hurry up and sign up, and after you finish playing in the olympics, or if you don’t want to play next year, you can come here and become a teacher.”

"after i applied and submitted my resume, there was no response. the first question they asked me was: do you have a beijing household registration? then i was very ashamed that i didn't. i thought that as a university teacher, teaching and educating people is based on your expertise. whether i want to teach young students, let my classmates learn my tennis skills, or share my experiences, i think i should be able to teach at least some tennis, which is okay, but i didn’t expect that i don’t meet the requirements of a tennis teacher. "

the 35-year-old zhang shuai is still struggling on the field. she still has her own goals and still shows good competitive ability. it is expected that she can continue to bring us more surprises on the field.