Chao News client special correspondent Yi Zhigang, Zhao Lei, Ying Luyang
Roland Garros is crazy about China Red. Zheng Qinwen, a Chinese girl with dark skin, a resolute expression, a firm will, and a unique expression, continued to create miracles on the evening of August 1, Beijing time, with two incredible matches of 6:2 and 7:5, pulling down the world's No. 1 top seed, allowing herself and Chinese tennis to advance to the final of the Olympic tennis for the first time in history.
Photo source: WTA International Women's Tennis Association
Two sets were incredible, the first set went unexpectedly well and the second set was incredibly reversed. If the first set shows Zheng Qinwen's signature style of bold slashing when playing downwind, then the limit tearing of every point when the second set is 0:4 behind makes people see the great change of Zheng Qinwen playing against the wind, the kind of composure in the predicament, the courage to believe that he can do it, is the spiritual source of creating history.
Zheng Qinwen's previous record with Swiatek was six fights and six losses, without a win. The 23-year-old has four French Open titles and three in the last three years. She has won 23 straight matches on clay so far this season, and her technical style is known for her steady style, with few shortcomings. Zheng Qinwen's victory may not be an advantage in strength, but at least it proves that the world number one can be shaken, and if you win the first time, there must be a second time.
After the match, Zheng Qinwen spoke highly of his victory without restraint, believing that it was a huge breakthrough in his mental and physical fitness, as well as a huge breakthrough in Chinese tennis. She said that since she was a child, she wanted to be the one who broke through history, and now she has done it. Such a confident expression reminds people of Li Na again.
Photo source: WTA International Women's Tennis Association
The tennis venue at the Olympic Games is set in Roland Garros, the mecca of tennis fans around the world, and the high-profile women's singles semi-finals are scheduled on the 15,000-seat Centre Court. Roland Garros is a famous pilot in France and is named after the French Open in honor of the national hero who died in World War I. In the middle of the upper and lower stands at the Stade Chaeti, the famous dictum of Roland Garros is engraved in English and French: Victory belongs to the most resilient. This sentence is tailor-made for Zheng Qinwen today.
Under the midday sun in Paris, the Olympic semi-final at the imposing Stade Philippe-Chaetti was almost full. Both competitors have their own magical ties to the Olympic arena. Swiatek's father was a rower from Poland and competed in Seoul 1988, while Zheng Qinwen's Hubei compatriot Li Na achieved the best Olympic record for Chinese tennis in the semi-finals of Beijing 2008. Zheng Qinwen's victory today is a big step forward for both the individual and the country's new records.
People were amazed to see the battle between the two female ironmen, as the two had just finished their quarter-finals less than 24 hours earlier. Zheng Qinwen fought for more than three hours the day before and played in the semifinals less than 19 hours later. Swiatek had even fewer breaks, with her previous match ending at 1 a.m. The two are like two tireless perpetual motion machines, just because this is the Olympic Games, their hearts are full of infinite motivation.
Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu. Photo source: WTA International Women's Tennis Association
Olympic tennis is a special kind of competition, unlike the professional tennis tours and Grand Slam tournaments that occur every year, it is held every four years, and the prize money is not comparable to that of professional events, but the glory and dreams that the Olympic Games give to each participant are not the same. Zheng Qinwen said after winning the semi-finals: "The Olympics are not only for yourself, but also for the motherland. ”
The Red Miracle blossoms in many places at Roland Garros. Later in the mixed doubles semi-finals on Court 7, China's Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu also took off against the wind.
Zhang Zhizhen, who went out early in the singles, was already ready to book a ticket home, because Zheng Qinwen's advance in the women's singles made her change her original plan and withdraw from the mixed doubles that the two had originally agreed. Unexpectedly, I heard that I could temporarily change partners, so Zhang Zhizhen urgently "shook" Wang Xinyu, and the temporary partners, who had never played together, broke through three levels in a row and sent Brazil, Australia and Netherlands back home one after another.
In the early morning of August 3, Beijing time, the temporary pair will appear in the mixed doubles final of the Paris Olympic Games, wishing the red miracle to continue at Roland Garros.
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