Canberra, January 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tennis star Wang Qiang, who celebrated her 30th birthday this month, told Xinhua News Agency reporters after stopping the third round of the Australian Open women's singles on the 21st that with the increase of life experience, she has more patience for the tennis career she loves, and her career goals are still firm.
On January 21, Wang Qiang was in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Bai Xuefei
On the same day, in the midsummer afternoon of Melbourne, Wang Qiang, who had fewer participants last year and is now ranked 110th in the world, fought hard for nearly two and a half hours with the American player Keith, who ranked more than 50 times higher than her, and after a "grab ten" contest, he was finally reversed by his opponent at 6:4, 3:6, 6:7 (2:10), missing the round of 16 of the Grand Slam tournament at the beginning of this year.
From the perspective of the whole game, although the 26-year-old Keys had 50 unforced errors, more than Wang Qiang's 29, the 2017 US Open runner-up played a total of 50 winning points, while Wang Qiang only had 15. In the "grab ten" showdown, Keith, who had a good feel, once took an 8:0 lead and finally completed the reversal.
Wang Qiang said in a video interview with reporters after the game that he played well throughout the game, but the opponent did play better, especially in the first few minutes of "grabbing ten", frequently playing winning points.
On January 21, Wang Qiang (bottom) served in the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Bai Xuefei
"In fact, in the back, in my own side, there is not much of a problem, if it needs to be strengthened, it is that the second shot may have to be slightly strengthened." She said.
After missing the tour for several months last year, Wang Qiang said that this year's competition in Australia gave her and coach, former Australian men's singles player Pat Cash, to continue to work hard.
"It gives me and the coach hope. Because the previous fight was also a mess, it was also on the way to change things. So these games have given me a lot of confidence and made me more determined to practice these things that I wouldn't have taught me before, and the coach has taught me. ”
Because of the decline in rankings, Wang Qiang introduced that after her short break, she may go to participate in some small events, "or hope to slowly hit the rankings back first."
After spending her 30th birthday, talking about her feelings about the professional tennis world, Wang Qiang said: "There are not too many different things, this is my profession. Maybe there is more patience for it, not blindly pursuing something anymore, and you can slowly forgive yourself for the mistakes you made. ”
Wang Qiang also said that her career goals in her heart are still firm. "Yes, that's for sure."
At this point, China Jinhua still has Zhang Shuai left to play in the women's singles field, and she will play in the third round on the 22nd.
On the women's doubles field on the 21st, the Chinese combination and National Games champions Xu Yipan / Yang Zhaoxuan defeated a pair of transnational pairs 6:2, 6:3 to advance to the round of 16. Zhang Shuai, who took care of women's doubles, and the China-Australia combination of his old partner Stosur lost to another pair of transnational pairs on the same day, stopping the second round.
Editors: Ding Wenxian, Yu Sihui, Zhou Xin, Lu Wenjie (Intern)