On January 7, Beijing time, WTA250 Melbourne Summer Series, women's singles 8 into 4 knockouts, China's 19-year-old rising star Zheng Qinwen performed well, but in the second set 1-5 behind the situation of a big reversal, into the top 4 to create history. Next, she will compete with world No. 1 Halep for final qualification. Many fans believe that Zheng Qinwen is Little Li Na.
Zheng Qinwen is only 19 years old, as early as 12 years old, she won 18 wins and 0 losses in the European U14 competition, winning 3 consecutive championships! Zheng Qinwen has good physical condition, excellent coordination and strength, and the ball style is particularly spicy, many people call her Xiao Li Na.
Now in Melbourne, she has won 5 consecutive wins, and in this round, she beat Connew with 2 steals of seven. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen was once 1-5 behind, and when the fans thought that they would definitely play the third set, Zheng Qinwen staged an incredible reversal, dragging the game to grab seven, and finally won 2-0!
What's even more remarkable is that in his career against the top 100, Zheng Qinwen maintained a total victory, defeating Samsonova at no. 54, Zhang Shuai at no. 62, Pella at no. 93, Zvonareva at no. 81, and Connew at no. 67, respectively.
After reaching the quarter-finals, Zheng Qinwen's semi-final opponents were also released, that is, the former world No. 1 Halep, who fought hard for 155 minutes and narrowly won 2-1 against Grubic.
In this race, Zheng Qinwen's cumulative number of ACE reached 40, and he easily led the WTA in the new season. Ranked in time, Zheng Qinwen ranked 110th, creating a new personal high.
WTA official praise, "Continue to break through! Zheng Qinwen made her WTA debut in July last year, and this week's Melbourne Summer Series is only her fourth Tour main event, and these four times have broken through from the qualifiers. ”
In another semi-final, Naomi Osaka played Against Kudmetova. Top seed Naomi Osaka defeated German star Petkovic 6-1, 7-5 to reach the Final Four of the Tour for the first time since winning the Australian Open last year.
Therefore, for Zheng Qinwen, the real challenge has begun!
However, the fans are optimistic about her. "Offensive style of play, fierce hitting, fierce attack, the game temperament is also very good, feel that her ceiling is very high, I hope she will be black to the end!"