On January 7, 2022, the tennis Mobens Summer Series entered a white-hot stage, China's Jinhua Zheng Qinwen eliminated Croatian star Connew, for the first time in his career to reach the tour women's singles final four, made a major breakthrough, the 19-year-old rising star from the qualification tournament began to play, won five consecutive wins to advance, and then Zheng Qinwen challenged Grand Slam champion Romanian star Halep to compete for a place in the final.
19-year-old rising star Zheng Qinwen has performed well in the recent past, participating in the tour time is very short to get results, this Melbourne Summer Series is 250 level, two stops at the same time, a number of Chinese players signed up to participate in the competition, the result zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang and other people were eliminated, only Zheng Qinwen reached the quarterfinals, eliminated the former world's second Zvonareva, which also led to her being concerned and expected by Chinese fans.
Coming to the quarter-final Zheng Qinwen against Croatia's Kang Niu, the latter's highest world ranking has come to the top 20, she is currently ranked 67th, Zheng Qinwen is in 126th, the two whether it is competition experience, or comprehensive strength, there is a certain gap.
In the first set, the two sides fell into a fierce battle, the score alternately rose, each won six sets to grab the seventh, Zheng Qinwen played steadily, 7-6 (1) to take the lead first, the second set of Kang Niu backwater battle, strengthen the offensive to Bring More Impact to Zheng Qinwen, the two sides once again entered the rush to the seventh, Zheng Qinwen overcame the unfavorable situation of 1-5 behind, seized the opportunity to win 7-6 (6), and finally won 2-0 against Kang Niu and advanced to the semifinals.
This is the first time in Zheng Qinwen's career to advance to the final four of the tour, creating the best record of his own competition at the same level, the 19-year-old rising star started from the qualification tournament, won five consecutive games, two games to grab seven Kang niu have a chance, but Zheng Qinwen has a stronger ability to resist pressure, winning the game can be described as deserved, it is worth affirming, next she will encounter stronger opponents, is expected to achieve better results.
Romanian star Halep narrowly defeated the Swiss player Grubic 6-2/5-7/6-4, and then Halep and Zheng Qinwen will compete for a final seat, for Zheng Qinwen, Halep is undoubtedly a fierce opponent, taking the French Open, Wimbledon women's singles champion, there is a gap in comprehensive strength, but when she comes to the field, anything can happen, she can do her best to fight, it is possible to bring surprises.
There is still time before the start of the Australian Open, at present, everyone is training instead of racing, preparing in advance, hoping to achieve good results, this is the first Grand Slam event of the year, when the competition will be very fierce, everyone wants to get the championship to prove themselves, the performance of Chinese players is also worth looking forward to, Zheng Qinwen made a good start in the new season, I hope she will continue to work hard and be able to do better.