China's women's singles "Little Flower" Australian Open gains confidence: the ultimate goal is a Grand Slam champion

CANBERRA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- With the "post-00s" Wang Xinyu losing to the world's second-ranked Sabarenka on the 20th, the three 20-year-old Chinese rising stars who have refreshed their personal best results in the Grand Slam have all stopped in the second round of women's singles at this year's Australian Open, but they have gained the confidence of the future impact on the championship.

On the 20th, at the Rod Laver Stadium in the middle of Melbourne's summer, Wang Xinyu, ranked 100th in the world, lost to No. 2 seed Sabarenka 6:1, 4:6, 2:6, missing the women's singles round of 32.

Although the ranking difference is 98, the 20-year-old Wang Xinyu is not afraid of the court at the center court of Melbourne Park, seizing the opportunity that the opponent can not find the feeling of the serve, breaking the opponent's 4 sets in the first set, and is not inferior in the ball holding, once taking a 5:0 lead and winning the first set as desired. Trapped in a serve, Sabalenka made 12 double-serve turnovers in the set.

In the next two sets, the 23-year-old Belarusian star was full of morale in the face of adversity, and was even better at seizing opportunities and playing the winning points to complete the reversal.

In a video interview with Xinhua News Agency after the game, Wang Xinyu said that always believing in himself during the game is a worth learning place for his opponents.

"She wasn't actually in very good shape when she first came up today, but she always believed in herself in the next two sets and went to let go of the second shot. I think this can be learned from her, no matter what the score is, she has always believed in herself. Wang Xinyu said.

A day ago, "Little Flower" Wang Xiyu and Zheng Qinwen, who also reached the second round of the Australian Open for the first time, lost to No. 4 seed Kregitkova and No. 5 seed Sakari respectively, missing the round of 32.

Seeing from the competition that the gap is not as large as the ranking reflects, and finding the direction of their efforts is the harvest of their australian open trip.

"I think that after playing less than 50% of the strength, I can do better, and then slowly adjust my mentality in the back, let myself relax, just like training, and then slowly start to get better." Zheng Qinwen told reporters after the game on the evening of the 19th.

Zheng Qinwen, who served at the fastest speed of 184 km/h that night, won praise from opponent Sakkari, believing that her serve was great and there was still a lot of room for improvement in the future.

When it comes to the direction of his own catch-up, Zheng Qinwen said that the key is stability.

"Actually their balls are for me... I made more spontaneous mistakes myself than they put more pressure on me. In the future, the focus will be on controlling my unforced mistakes, how to maintain the attack while still having stability, this is what I need to do now. ”

After the retirement of the famous Li Na, China Jinhua has not yet won a Grand Slam singles title. This goal, in the hearts of Wang Xinyu and Zheng Qinwen, has always been the driving force for progress.

"Growing up watching her game... The long-term goal is that I hope I can win a Grand Slam title, and this season's goal is to hope to reach the top 30 in the world. Zheng Qinwen, whose hometown is Shiyan, Hubei Province, said.

Wang Xinyu said: "I believe this is the common goal of all good players. ”

And this goal, I believe, is also the driving force for the other two Golden Flowers - Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai, who have advanced to the top 32, to continue to move forward in their careers. (End)