Some time ago, former Chinese women's tennis superstar Zheng Jie released a dynamic, sharing a group photo with the three Olympic champions Chen Yufei, Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu, wishing them another good result on the field. It turned out that this was Zheng Jie invited to participate in a business event, and just met 3 famous national feathers. Surprisingly, the 38-year-old Zheng Jie looks very well maintained, her face is not old, and she can be called a goddess of the tennis world.
In fact, in the history of Chinese women's tennis, Zheng Jie can also be regarded as a legendary figure. Born in 1983, Zheng Jie is from Chengdu, began practicing tennis at the age of 7, was selected for the national team at the age of 18, and entered the professional arena at the age of 20. In contrast, Zheng Jie and Sharapova, a 15- or 6-year-old genius who dominates the tennis world, are indeed less talented. But Zheng Jie's advantage lies in perseverance, hard work, and will never give up easily. When on the court, Zheng Jie almost saved every ball, and her desperate three-woman playing style won the respect of all the audiences.
Zheng Jie once made the history of Chinese women's tennis, and before Li Na rose, she was the first Chinese player to break into the round of 16 of a Grand Slam. 2006 was the peak of Zheng Jie's career, she and Yan Zi partnered to win consecutive Wimbledon and Australian Open titles, which is also the first time in the history of Chinese women's tennis, the two with excellent performance, became the world's third tennis women's doubles combination. In 2008 and 2010, Zheng Jie reached the final four of Wimbledon and Australian Open consecutively in singles, and her international ranking also reached an all-time high of 15th.
In Zheng Jie's career, she has won a total of 4 WTA Tour singles titles and won 15 women's doubles titles, perhaps not as good as Li Na in singles, but as Chinese tennis stars, the two have achieved equal success. In 2015, Zheng Jie's partner Zhan Yongran, who had been away from the field for a few months, once again broke into the Australian Open women's doubles final and regrettably won the silver medal. The Eastbourne Lawn Tennis Tournament in the same year was her last appearance in the World Series, and she never saw Zheng Jie play again. Today's Zheng Jie has left the arena, in addition to being a good mother, she also shoulders the heavy responsibility of promoting tennis.
In September this year, Zheng Jie was hired as the honorary principal of Hubei Tennis School, and before that, she worked in the Sichuan Provincial Tennis Sports Management Center for many years, mainly responsible for the training of athletes, and her performance was more outstanding. As Zheng Jie said, although she no longer plays games, but never bid farewell to the tennis world, she will not leave the tennis career, in the future life, she will spare no effort to participate in tennis activities, committed to cultivating more young outstanding athletes, to make a contribution to the development of Chinese tennis.