zhang shuai: live and become the brave person you want to be!
2024-10-04
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zhang shuai lost. the 35-year-old failed to continue her magic. after two hard sets, she lost to the spanish player badosa 1:6 and 6:7 and missed the semi-finals of the china open women's singles. coming to beijing with a 24-game losing streak, no one thought that zhang shuai, who entered the competition as a wild card, could rebound and win 4 consecutive games. after the game, zhang shuai updated social media. she said that she continued to grow in adversity, comforted herself in ridicule, and lived to become the person she wanted to be - a brave person.
zhang shuai
lost, but opponent begged her not to retire
during the period when zhang shuai occupied the top spot in the chinese women's tennis rankings, the highest round at the china open was the women's singles quarterfinals. zhang shuai participated in this year's china open as a wild card, ending his 24-game losing streak and achieving a 4-game winning streak, which also opened up the outside world's imagination of this veteran. although badosa once ranked second in the world rankings, zhang shuai admitted that he is "barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes."
compared with his performance in the previous four rounds, zhang shuai got off to a slow start in this game. he suffered a break of serve at the beginning and was broken 3 times in the first set, losing the first set 1:6. in the second set, zhang shuai showed a strong desire to win and broke serve first. but when leading 3:1, she failed to seize the opportunity and was pulled back by her opponent. in the second half, zhang shuai still clung to the score and dragged the game into a "tiebreak". in the "tiebreak", badosa relied on his better serving and baseline stalemate ability to win the tiebreak 7:4 and seal the victory 7:6.
zhang shuai's rebound impressed her professional opponents. after badosa won, the first thing she said to zhang shuai was: "zhang shuai, please don't retire. you can still play games and return to the top ranks." there are such warm moments in the cruel professional arena, zhang shuai was very moved. "i'm grateful to badosa for encouraging me after such a fierce duel. thank you to these kind-hearted players in the tour circle. before the game, no one of us cares about the other. when the game is over, we will give each other a gift. the warmest blessings." zhang shuai said.
during the tour, everyone knows that zhang shuai is very popular. she has good personal relationships with players such as naomi osaka, gauff, and mineon. during the china open, naomi osaka said that since entering the tour circle, zhang shuai has been very good to her. talking about zhang shuai's previous 24-game losing streak, osaka naomi said that she could not empathize with him, because losing two games in a row was already like a nightmare. "i can't imagine the mental toughness required to lose 24 games in a row."
i won’t retire, i still want to win a grand slam doubles championship
regarding badosa's suggestion, zhang shuai responded with a smile, "i will definitely continue to fight."
zhang shuai said that he is at best a transitional figure. players of their generation are somewhat ashamed that they are not as outstanding as li na, and their results cannot be compared with those of little flowers like zheng qinwen. zhang shuai knows very well that winning a grand slam in singles is far away for her, so she wants to win a doubles or mixed doubles championship and realize her grand slam dream in another way. "people still have to have dreams. it is difficult to achieve. , just use another way to complete it, just like if i can’t do it alone, i will use doubles.”
regarding the future, zhang shuai has a clear goal, hoping to win another grand slam doubles or mixed doubles championship. in addition, we strive to enter the top 200 in the world singles ranking as soon as possible to ensure that we can participate in the grand slam qualifying tournament. zhang shuai hopes to participate in singles competitions next season when she participates in doubles competitions. she does not want to be defined as a doubles player.
previously, zhang shuai revealed that after the china open, she only had the last ranking left to protect her qualifications. the next wta wuhan 1000 tournament will be the last tournament that zhang shuai can play through ranking protection. zhang shuai is currently applying for singles wild cards in ningbo station and guangzhou station. although he is in a difficult situation, zhang shuai will use his experience and experience to help the injured juniors get out of the trough of injury. "in the next china season, i will play doubles with yang zhaoxuan. she has been working hard to return to the court after injuring her knee in the hangzhou asian games. i hope i can help her. i know how difficult it is to return to the court. i will do my best. ability, help young players more," zhang shuai said.
update social media: continue to grow in adversity
during this trip to the china open, zhang shuai gained a lot. he not only stopped his 24-game losing streak, but also won 215 points and us$185,000 in bonuses with a 4-game winning streak. her world ranking has soared from 600 to 249, and she is not far from the threshold for next year's australian open qualifications.
after the game, zhang shuai updated her social media, she wrote:
a child said something like this to my coach, "it is not easy to do one thing every day and work hard for the dream in your heart. it is boring and boring to persevere, but many people see it while working hard. progress and results, so the harder you work, the happier you are, but the most incredible difficulty is that you keep working hard, but keep losing, and you can’t see any improvement or change. this is too difficult, and it’s hard to imagine what kind of pressure my sister is under. going on the court alone to compete, what awaits her may be a 25/26 losing streak... sister and you are so brave, you deserve all the applause and respect."
i think, maybe i don’t have a high diploma, maybe i don’t have the hukou required by colleges and universities, but i continue to grow up in adversity, comfort myself in ridicule, and mend things, but i live to be the person i want to be— —brave man!
proofreading by faye wong
