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There is a saying in China, "Life is not satisfactory and things are often eight or nine". Indeed, don't say that the "big three" of tennis have their own troubles. Let's say that the two iconic figures who once created the history of China's golden flower also have their own shortcomings. Today, let me talk to tennis fans.
To say that the iconic figure of China's Golden Flower, many people will think of Li Na for the first time. In fact, she was not the first person to make history at the Four Slams. The tennis player's name is Zheng Jie.
As early as 2004, Zheng Jie broke through the French Open and reached the top 16, which was the first time that China Jinhua reached the round of 16 of the Grand Slam. Inspired by her, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian fought strongly at the Athens Olympic Games and won the women's doubles gold medal, creating history for China and even the whole of Asia.
In the face of the good results achieved by her teammates, Li Na, who has just returned, is not far behind. Inspired by Zheng Jie, she won the Guangzhou Tour Championship. This is the first tour title won by China Jinhua. In the days that followed, Zheng Jie created many good achievements in singles. She reached the final four as a wild card player at Wimbledon in 2008, creating the best record of the four Grand Slams of China's Jinhua at that time. In 2010, she reached the Australian Open Semifinals with Li Na, the first time that two Asian players had reached the final four of a Grand Slam at the same time. She and Li Na continue to write history for China Jinhua in the face of competition with each other.
Not only has she won a lot in the singles arena, but also in the doubles arena, Zheng Jie has also created a history for China Jinhua. In 2006, she and Yan Zi won the Australian Open and Wimbledon women's doubles titles. In this year, she and Yan Zi reached the women's doubles finals. This is the first Chinese player to reach the women's doubles finals.
In this year, Zheng Jie also won the gold medal in women's singles at the Doha Asian Games. From the beginning of the year to the present. The Asian Games women's singles gold medal is inscribed with the name of Chinese. It is no exaggeration to say that Zheng Jie is the pioneer of many historical records of China's Jinhua. In the future, she will surely enter the annals of Chinese tennis.
However, Zheng Jie has one particular regret. That was at the Beijing Olympics. She and Yan Zi played together in the women's doubles. Zheng Jie, who has won two Grand Slam titles on the ground, hopes to defend the women's doubles gold medal for China. However, perhaps it is too early to expose the strength, or perhaps in the face of the encouragement of the fathers and elders in the hometown, the mentality is unbalanced. At the Beijing Olympics, they only won the "bronze medal". Despite this achievement, it is also very good. But in Zheng Jie's heart, it is inevitable that there will be some small regrets.
Just said, under the encouragement of Zheng Jie, Li Na trained hard and made continuous progress after her comeback, and won the first tour championship of China's Jinhua. In the days to come, under the spur of Zheng Jie's continuous creation of good results. Li Na is also creating her own brilliance. In 2011, she successfully reached the Australian Open Grand Slam final, the first time an Asian player had reached a Grand Slam final. Although in the final, he was defeated by Christers. But this match inspired Li Na, who reached the final again in this year's French Open and won the championship. This is the first time that an Asian player has won a Grand Slam title.
Since then, she has finished runner-up in the Australian Open women's singles in 2013 and the Australian Open women's singles title in 2014. Currently, among all the Asian players, Li Na and Kei Nishikori jointly hold the record of at least the top eight of the four Grand Slams. At present, no Asian player can break this record. In the days to come, let us wait and see.
Although Li Na won the Grand Slam and Masters, however, at the Asian Games, Li Na did not even reach the singles final, and her best result in the women's singles field at the Asian Games was third in 2006. Although she, Zheng Jie and Yan Zi led the Chinese women's team to the final four of the Federation Cup in the year of the Beijing Olympic Games. However, until her retirement, Li Na still did not win a singles gold medal at the Asian Games. For Li Na, this is not a pity.
Although, Zheng Jie and Li Na have their own regrets in the singles and doubles arenas. However, what is presented to us is more of the excitement they left behind. Those classic tournaments are still remembered and replayed by countless tennis enthusiasts today. The good achievements they have created have led more Chinese jinhua to slowly explore in the tennis world.
I hope that in the coming days, there will be more Chinese golden flowers in the Grand Slam, Asian Games, and Olympic Games, giving us more surprises. I hope that their examples can inspire the Chinese men's tennis team to create miracles and create their own glory.
(Source: Tennis House Author: One Heart Resident)