For the first time in the United States, 17-year-old Hu Na vowed that "I must stand on Center Court (Arthur-Ashe Stadium) and represent China in the game!" "Who is this Huna?" Why such a bold oath.
Born in Sichuan in 1963, her grandfather Wen Ling was one of the earliest tennis coaches in New China and once coached the Sichuan Provincial Tennis Team. Hu Na began to play tennis with her grandfather at the age of 4, and soon showed talent, because of her grandfather's identity, she was selected for the Sichuan Provincial Team at a young age.
After more than ten years of hard training, coupled with excellent genes, 15-year-old Hu Na has difficulty in having opponents in the domestic women's tennis competition.
Hu Na, who won numerous honors in the provincial team, soon joined the national team. Hu Na, who lived up to expectations, won the women's singles championship in the national tennis tournament at the age of 16. Soon after, she won the Asian tennis women's singles competition.
On January 1, 1979, after the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, sports interaction between the two countries also became frequent. Invited by the United States, the Chinese tennis team visited the United States. As the leader of Chinese women's tennis, Hu Na is also on the invite list.
At the end of 1979, Hu Na watched her first U.S. Open game at U.S. Center Court. The atmosphere of this match made Hu Na intoxicated, and issued an oath written at the beginning of the article: "I must stand on the central court and represent China in the game!" ”
Judging from her series of performances later, the first sentence that Hu Na said was true, but the second sentence was somewhat insincere.
Four years later, Hu Na finally stood on Center Court, and the funny thing is that she represents the United States on the other side of the ocean!
During the trip to the United States, Hu Na played several youth games in succession, and won the "White House Cup" and "Virginia Cup" women's singles championships, which attracted the attention of many people in the American tennis circle. (It also laid the groundwork for his defection)
In 1982, the Chinese women's national tennis team went to the United States to participate in the "Confederations Cup" for the first time. (The match between the national teams) the head coach is Shen Jianqiu, the team leader is Jin Shu, and the 4 players are: Wang Ping, Yu Liqiao, Li Xinyi and Hu Na.
In the first round, Hu Na, who played as the main player, performed prominently, and the Chinese team finally defeated the Japanese team easily by a score of 3-0.
In the second round, on the morning of the match day against Germany, Huna suddenly disappeared without greeting anyone. The Chinese team, which lacked the main players and was under great mental pressure, was indeed in no state in the game, and lost to germany by a score of 0-3.
Afterwards, Through her lawyer in the United States, Hu Na informed the coaches that she would no longer represent the Chinese team, and claimed that she was safe to stay in the United States and would not follow the tennis team back to China.
The "Hu Na Incident" had a major impact on Sino-US relations that had just been established for three years, and at that time, the state's characterization of Hu Na's personal behavior was treason!
To this end, China's top level summoned the US ambassador to China and urged the US government to proceed from the overall situation and prudently resolve this matter. The Chinese tennis team also sent a letter to Hu Na, saying that as long as she returned to China, she would not be blamed for the past, and allowed her to participate in the upcoming International Women's Open in Switzerland.
However, HuNa's response to this was to formally apply for "political asylum" to the United States. (It is really shameless, the state has spent money to train her, why has it ever persecuted her?) ）
On April 4, 1983, the U.S. government conducted a "meticulous investigation" based on Huna's application documents, determined that she met the requirements, and formally granted Huna "political asylum" status.
At this point, some people will ask, is the identity of a "political asylum" really so important? For Hu Na, this is one of the steps she has planned and planned.
Because Hu Na, who has no "identity", cannot participate in any official matches at all, nor can she stand on the center court that she loves.
A year later, Huna's wish came true, she could represent the United States, and she got her first Grand Slam IN THE US Open.
Hu Na obtained this qualification in a very disgraceful way, and her "political asylum" gave the Western media "evidence" to vilify China, so that the national image was constantly smeared, and in the short term, China's diplomacy was also in a passive situation.
Over the next 8 years of her career, Huna competed in 16 Grand Slam tournaments, but her results were less than satisfactory, with a total of 61 wins and 94 losses, the best of which was to reach the third round of Wimbledon.
In 1996, after retiring from the military, Hu Na chose to settle in Taiwan Province, and of course took her parents to her side. This act was consumed by the "Taiwan media" as a "righteous man who yearns for democracy and freedom", although she vigorously denied it, but her behavior can almost explain everything.
In order to make a living, Hu Na established the "Hu Na Tennis Club" in Hualien and also served as a sports commentator for the TV station. After several years of hard work, Hu Na has become an iconic figure in Chinese tennis with her beauty and professional knowledge.
In 2003, Hu Na, who returned to China to "fish for gold", said in an interview with the media: "At that time, I was too young and too simple, but I did not regret it! ”
In October 2011, Hu Na was invited by Sina.com to beijing to explain the China Open competition, which was also the first time she appeared in front of the people of the motherland on a formal occasion.
Later, Hu Na transformed into a "painter" and opened an exhibition in Beijing. This high-profile appearance caused great controversy in the society, and some people advised her to publicly apologize for what she had done in the past, but Hu Na said: I am not wrong! Don't regret what you did!
The mother of the motherland is tolerant, and with a soft sentence of "young and ignorant", she washes herself white. The state did not deal with her for "treason", which is the heart of the motherland; But most of the Chinese people chose to spurn her, which is the Chinese people's evaluation of traitors.
Because not morally flogging her is not enough to punish "traitors", this is a fair ruling given by history. Since then, Hu Na has rarely had the opportunity to appear, and now she lives alone in Taiwan (has been single), I believe that history will give her an appropriate evaluation! “