0-2 was swept! The runner-up of the new Australian Open was questioned: he was beaten back to his original form, and the road to the final lacked gold
In the 2024 Australian Open, Chinese Jinhua Zheng Qinwen went all the way to the women's singles final, but in the last battle for the championship, Zheng Qinwen lost two sets in a row and was swept by Sabalenka......!
It is undeniable that Zheng Qinwen's luck in this Australian Open is really good, but this is also based on strength, even if the seeded players in the top half of the region have lost, but if you don't have strong strength and excellent psychological quality, you can't go to the finals.
We recognize Sabalenka's excellence, but there is no need to question the new Australian Open runner-up Zheng Qinwen, who is now the calling card of Chinese tennis, and is the second singles player in the world's top 10 from China after Li Na.
From entering the senior professional tennis world in 2022 to reaching the Australian Open women's singles final in 2024, Zheng Qinwen has continued to make progress, constantly break through himself, reached the first WTA Tour final, won the first tour championship in his career, became the best newcomer of the year in the WTA, and won the award of the most improved player last season. The second person in the history of Chinese tennis, the second person other than Li Na to be the runner-up of the Grand Slam singles in Chinese tennis, so Zheng Qinwen has to be questioned by some black fans, which is distressing!
In the first Grand Slam final of his career, Zheng Qinwen's performance was indeed unsatisfactory, as Zheng Qinwen himself said: I have a mixed mood now, I think I can do better, but I couldn't do it in this match. However, Zheng Qinwen's poor performance is completely understandable: on the one hand, his opponent Sabalenka is indeed too strong, which puts Zheng Qinwen under great pressure, and on the other hand, most of the great players, except for a very few players such as Nadal, need to pay tuition for their first Grand Slam final, let alone Zheng Qinwen, who is only 21 years old. Moreover, Zheng Qinwen also saved 4 championship points in the second set, so the tenacious Zheng Qinwen should not be questioned!