Wang Xinyu celebrates victory.
In the third round of the US Open singles, while two Chinese players, Zhu Lin and Zhang Zhizhen, regrettably lost, Chinese golden flower Wang Xinyu continued to create surprises.
In the early morning of September 2, Wang Xinyu once again experienced a three-set battle, defeating world No. 64 Schmidlova of Slovakia 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the US Open women's singles.
So far, Wang Xinyu has set the best Grand Slam record of her career, and she has achieved a transformation after winning the women's doubles title at this year's French Open.
Wang Xinyu said that now I am more mature and have more opinions in communication with the coaching team, "Now I will ask more questions, and I will no longer feel that it is my fault every time." ”
Possessed patience and the ability to hold the ball
This US Open is the first time that Wang Xinyu and Schmidrova have met.
In terms of world rankings, there is not much difference between the two, and Wang Xinyu, ranked 53rd in the world, is slightly higher than his opponent in 64th, but from the beginning of the match, the Slovaks still caused Wang Xinyu a lot of trouble.
After the opening of the first set, both took turns holding serve until Schmidrova broke serve in the 10th game to take the first set 6-4, forcing Wang Xinyu to the edge of the cliff.
In the second set, Wang Xinyu did not panic, but continued to patiently deal with her opponent, taking advantage of the increased errors of her opponent to equalize the score 6-3.
In the deciding set, Wang Xinyu staged a "counterattack", sending out "invisible eggs" in 6 consecutive games when trailing 0-2, and won the final victory 6-2.
Statistics show that Wang Xinyu made more unforced errors than his opponent 36-32 in the game, but also led by a wide margin of 31-17.
Slovakia's Schmidlova was reversed by Wang Xinyu.
"I know she's a good player, defends well, serves well and it's not easy to finish every point against her. So I kept telling myself in the game to take my time and was happy to win the game. When summing up the big battle after the game, Wang Xinyu said.
In Wang Xinyu's view, he can now better grasp the balance on the field - in the past, he would only blindly attack, but now he has more patience and the ability to hold the ball.
"I'm glad I have more options, whereas before there was only one. You have to make choices in the game, and a game like this challenges me to learn a lot from winning or losing. ”
At the same time, she also thanked another Chinese female tennis player, Zheng Saisai, for her help, "She is very experienced, knows when to press her opponent and when to hold each other, she can always give me advice, and I can also learn and think, so as to learn to find the right time." ”
More autonomy, no longer just "obedient"
This year has been a rewarding year for Wang Xinyu - the Australian Open and Wimbledon women's singles advanced to the second round, the French Open women's singles advanced to the third round, and in the French Open women's doubles, she and Xie Shuwei partnered to lift the final trophy.
Such an experience gave Wang Xinyu great self-confidence.
In fact, before this season, Wang Xinyu was once plagued by injuries, and many viewers still remember the tears she shed after a round of the US Open last year, and now looking back on her growth path, Wang Xinyu is also full of emotion.
She said that previous injuries and emotional problems were largely due to the coaching style of the coaching team and her own immaturity.
"Last year was a big challenge for me and at the end of the day I realized that what the coach told you is not 100% correct, you need to pay attention to how you feel."
"For example, the coach tells you that the pounds on the tennis line need to be increased by 10 pounds, or the balance of the racket is not right, as a young player who does not have much experience, you will listen, and that's what I did, and then I started getting hurt because the racket was too hard."
"But I still feel that I have done something wrong and fallen into the wrong emotions, but in fact, this is not right." I hope more young players will realise that it's what matters most about how they feel, rather than letting people tell you this and that all the time. ”
Now, Wang Xinyu has a new coaching team this season, and in her words, the new team will joke in training and "bring me a lot of positive energy". At the same time, she herself has learned a more mature way of communicating.
"You have to be yourself and figure out when you should listen to your feelings, and now there is interaction between me and the team, not one-way coaching. I didn't know how to do it before, and it took time and experience. ”
Now, when the team's operations are on track, Wang Xinyu has also begun to continue to realize her talent on the court - while reaching the last 16 of singles at the US Open, she and her partner Xie Shuwei also won the second round of the women's doubles and advanced to the round of 16.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, Wang Xinyu will meet the 10th seed and Czech Republic's Mukhova, and the real test has just begun.