In the 2024 Australian Open women's singles quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen defeated Russian Kaliskaya (NO.75) 6(4)-7, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Australian Open for the first time in her career and the top 4 of a Grand Slam women's singles.
Won, Zheng Qinwen scored 780 points, 990,000 Australian dollars (about 4,662,900 yuan), and ranked No.10 instantly.
In the next round, Zheng Qinwen's opponent will be a super dark horse, Ukrainian Yastrems.
With this victory, Zheng Qinwen unlocked 6 major achievements:
- reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open women's singles for the first time;
- reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time;
- the third Chinese player to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (Li Na, Zheng Jie);
- the 4th to reach the top 4 of a Grand Slam (Li Na, Zheng Jie, Beibei);
- China's first post-00 Grand Slam top 4 player;
- The instant ranking reached 10th, becoming the highest-ranked Chinese player after Li Na;
- Since the 2023 season, it has maintained an absolute crushing trend of 25 wins and 1 loss against the top 50 players.
The last time a Chinese player reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open was 10 years ago in 2014. That year, Li Na made it all the way to the finals and won the championship.
At the same time, this is also the top 4 of Chinese mainland women's singles after Bei Bei at the 2014 US Open. The 21-year-old Zheng Qinwen also became the fourth Chinese mainland female player to reach the top four of a Grand Slam after Zheng Jie, Li Na and Beibei, and the first post-00 player.
Chinese mainland players have a full record of the top 4 of the Grand Slam (4 people 10 times)
- Wimbledon 2008: Zheng Jie semi-finals
- 2010 Australian Open: Zheng Jie + Li Na top 4
- 2011 Australian Open: Li Na runner-up
- 2011 French Open: Li Na wins
- 2013 Australian Open: Li Na runner-up
- 2013 US Open: Li Na semi-finals
- 2014 Australian Open: Li Na champion
- 2014 US Open: Beibei semi-finals
- 2024 Australian Open: Zheng Qinwen semi-finals
Among them, Li Na 6 times, Zheng Jie 2 times, Bei Bei and Zheng Qinwen 1 time each!
The reversal won, Zheng Qinwen roared, danced his hands high, didn't cry, he knew it was beautiful!
This scene is moving: the hardships of the game, the joy of winning, and the meaning of perseverance are all sublimated at this moment!
Yes, sports are all about merit and victory, and in the world of professional sports, the winner is king!
This battle may not be the best state of his career, but this victory is still the peak of his career so far!
First set
It is indeed a Grand Slam top 4 battle, both sides come up a little tight, each break the service game, 1-1; then 2 games, the two sides quickly completed the bottom of the map, 2-2 after mutual protection, it can be said that the game officially began; in the 5th game, 40-15, Zheng Qinwen played in the volley, and broke Karinskaya in 2 games, 3-2; in the 6th game, Zheng Qinwen's first serve continued to be sluggish, and the value was reduced to the lowest 38% of this Australian Open, and the second serve was only 40% In the next 6 rounds, the two sides played calmly, Zheng Qinwen's serving state rebounded slightly, and the two sides protected each other 6-6, grabbing seven!
In the tie-break battle, Zheng Qinwen scored 2 points in a row after 1-1, and once took a 3-1 mini lead, but unfortunately, Karinskaya did not fall behind on the bottom line, not only tied the score, but also overtook the score to 5-4 with 2 service points; In the 10th point, Zheng Qinwen suddenly changed the line in the continuous baseline confrontation, and lost it out of bounds, 4-6; and then, lost another 1 point!
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen had 4 aces and 1 double fault, with a first-serve success rate of 47% and a first-serve winning rate of 72%.
Winning Points: 15-10, Unforced Errors: 18-12, Total Scores: 41-41 Tie!
I still want it too much, and unforced mistakes are flying all over the sky.
Missed a great opportunity to break serve for the lead, Zheng Qinwen calmed down!
Second set
In the first 7 games, the two sides were evenly matched, and neither of them got even a break point in the opponent's service game; the turning point of the game appeared in the 8th game, Zheng Qinwen began to grab from the first serve, and forced a break point in a baseline hold, on the break point, Zheng Qinwen played very patiently, and suddenly changed the line in the reverse line, break, 5-3; In the 9th game, in his own service game, Zheng Qinwen played more actively, and came up with a straight serve, and then although he came to double fault, but through the baseline and two violent high pressure in front of the net, the score was stretched to 40-15, and finally the goodbye ace appeared, Zheng Qinwen 6-3, pulled back a set。
In this set, Zheng Qinwen's first-serve scoring rate rose to 61%, and the first-serve scoring rate increased to 82%.
Winning points: 15-5, unforced errors: 12-9, total 31-23.
Tiebreaker
In the third game, Zheng Qinwen still put great pressure on Karinskaya on the bottom line, the baseline was high and steady, and the break point was clean and neat, and he played a return ace on the opponent's second serve to win, and took the lead to complete the break, 2-1;
In the 4th game, Zheng Qinwen's serve came back completely, and the strong love game held serve, so far, Zheng Qinwen's first serve scoring rate and second serve scoring rate are 100%, and the first serve scoring rate has also increased to 63%.
In the 5th game, Kalinskaya came up with a double fault, Zheng Qinwen did not miss this big gift, in the subsequent baseline super pull, returned a beautiful running defensive backslash hit, Karinskaya returned the ball to hang the net, 4-1, perfect! After being broken again, Karinskaya asked for a medical timeout.
In the 6th game, Zheng Qinwen hit 3 aces in a row, increasing the number of aces in this game to 10! Although Karinskaya once chased the score to 40-40, Zheng Qinwen's domineering high pressure + backhand in front of the net The opponent returned the ball out of bounds, and after holding the serve, Zheng Qinwen blew the charge to the top 4, 5-1;
In the 7th game, Karinskaya lost patience a little, Zheng Qinwen still maintained a very high concentration of the game, at the end of the game, Karinskaya hung the net with her forehand, 6-1, Zheng Qinwen reversed and won!
If the sunlight is temporarily blocked by dark clouds, then hold on, there will always be a moment when the dark clouds will be blown away and the sun will fall back on you!
At that moment, the sun is the armor, and the queen must be standing in the light!
Congratulations to Zheng Qinwen, who won with a reversal of great pressure, and announced to the world that my sister has come back to life.
What came back to life was not only the criticism that was shrouded in the influence of the TOP10 goal for a whole year last year;
came back to life, but also because he finally got away from the haze of the "coach turmoil";
came back to life, but also because the heart is really strong, you can face all kinds of unfavorable situations calmly and domineeringly, and be the rhythm controller of your own game!
If you escape, then please continue to live in the sunshine and warm the fans with sunshine and victory!
QUEEN文，干，就完了！
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