wta star players appear at wuhan open sabalenka may compete for the "triple crown"
2024-10-07
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on october 6, the 2024 wuhan tennis open held a pre-match media meeting for star players. sabalenka, pegula and krejitskova were interviewed.
top seed sabalenka said she will fight for every point, try her best to perform at her best in every game, and strive to win the wuhan tennis open championship again.
as a two-time wuhan open champion, sabalenka is not only expected to hit the "triple crown" this time, but may also become the world's number one at the end of the year. she entered the top half of the draw in the main draw on the 5th and may meet the paris olympic women's singles gold medalist zheng qinwen again in the future schedule.
sabalenka showed full confidence in this open. "finally, four or five years later, i came back to wuhan. i re-experienced the venue of the wuhan tennis open. i felt a little at home, and it evoked some memories of that time. i hope to replicate my performance in 2018 and 2018. the feat of winning the championship in 2019," sabalenka said.
at the meeting, sabalenka also mentioned her experience of being exposed to shaolin kung fu, expressed her love for the experience and scenery of the shaolin temple, and looked forward to another trip to shaolin.
“i really enjoyed my trip to shaolin temple because it was a new experience, i learned something, and shaolin temple is also a very beautiful place. it was a long time ago, i don’t remember it that clearly, but i hope there is chances are i can go again," sabalenka said.
no. 2 seed pegula also showed positive expectations for her results. last year, pegula had regrets at the wuhan open. since this year, she has been getting better and better, hoping to maintain her form and draw a successful conclusion to the entire season.
“i’m a better tennis player now than i was five years ago, so i hope to play better and get better results than i did in 2019. at the same time, i think i’ve been training a lot recently and the courts here the conditions are also quite good. i played very well in beijing and hope to continue that good state into wuhan and maintain this good state until this week."
krejitskova, who won the wimbledon championship, came to wuhan for the first time, hoping to achieve satisfactory results as the season ends. she expressed her approval of the stadium and related facilities, and looked forward to discovering more elements related to "dragon" in china.
"i am very surprised that the facilities on the high-speed rail are so good, and the arrangements here in wuhan are also very good. the high-speed rail is excellent, and it is a different experience from flying." krejitskova said.
(china daily hubei reporter station: zhou lihua liu kun/yu yingying photography: liu weiguo)
source: china daily
