The Australian Open tennis tournament is coming to an end, in which the women's singles has produced the two sides of the final, namely Zheng Qinwen and the defending champion Sabalenka, this is the two consecutive Grand Slam tournaments to meet, this time Zheng Qinwen has the hope of achieving double happiness, that is, revenge Sabalenka at the same time, the first Grand Slam championship, becoming the second Chinese Golden Flower to be crowned Grand Slam champion after Li Na.
According to the schedule, the much-watched final will be played at 4:30 pm Beijing time on January 27, CCTV5 will continue to broadcast live, in which Sabalenka will impact the defending title and her second Grand Slam singles title, and Zheng Qinwen will impact her first Grand Slam singles title.
In this tournament, Sabalenka is in hot form, plus last year's 7 consecutive wins, and now has won 13 consecutive Australian Open victories, including a 2-0 semi-final sweep of No. 4 seed Gauff, the process of advancing to the final is relatively easy, so it is relatively widely favored to be crowned champion.
However, Zheng Qinwen's progress is obvious to all, and he is already the most rising player in the WTA in the past two years, and the world ranking has jumped to the top ten, from the semifinals to the final, the ranking has also improved from ninth to seventh, which is the best reflection of Zheng Qinwen's strength.
In addition, Zheng Qinwen eliminated Kalinskaya from a 2-1 reversal in the quarterfinals and then swept Yasteremska 2-0 in the semifinals, not only playing downwind but also against the wind, making the audience who supported her more convinced that there was a chance to make history again.
Previously, the two only met in the 2023 US Open 1/4 finals, when Zheng Qinwen lost 0-2 to Sabalenka and missed the semifinals.
In this final, Zheng Qinwen has the opportunity to hit 6 records, including:
First, he won the Australian Open for the first time in his career and won his first Grand Slam title
Second, to create the best record of a career Grand Slam.
Third, after Li Na, she became the second Chinese Jinhua to win the Australian Open and Grand Slam championships.
Fourth, at the age of 21, he became the youngest Chinese golden flower to win a Grand Slam championship.
Fifth, she became the first post-00 player in the history of Chinese women's tennis to win a Grand Slam singles championship.
Sixth, he received a championship bonus of 3.15 million Australian dollars (about 14.86 million yuan), setting a record for the highest prize money for an individual to participate in a single Grand Slam event.
10 years ago, Li Na finally won the Australian Open, and now hopes that Zheng Qinwen can take over her glory and carry the banner of Chinese tennis.