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Peng Shuai won a $730,000 prize in Tibet to regain his original intention of playing

author:China.com

Without Li Na, there are still Chinese players in the US Open after 5 rounds. In the women's singles round of 8 that ended yesterday morning, Peng Shuai swept The Swiss rising star Bencic 2-0, becoming the third Chinese player to reach the top 4 of Grand Slam singles after Zheng Jie and Li Na. After 37 Grand Slams, Peng Shuai finally reached the top 4, and she said that she was nervous before the game. Talking about Li Na, who is in the rumors of retirement, Peng Shuai said that he hopes she can come back as soon as possible and hold up the banner of Chinese tennis together. In the semi-finals, Peng Shuai will play against the 10th seed Wozniacki, and although Peng Shuai is at a disadvantage, it is not impossible to go further.

【History】

In the whole of Asia, only 4 people in history have reached the 4 finals of Grand Slam singles, except for the Japanese player Date Gongzi (3 times), the other 3 are Chinese players, including Li Na 6 times, Zheng Jie 2 times, and Peng Shuai 1 time.

【Qianjing】

One win win wins $730,000

In pre-match analysis, Peng Shuai and Bensiqi are on an equal footing, and the latter has won consecutively against 6th seed Kerber and 9th seed Jankovic in this US Open. As for Peng Shuai, the DATA analysis system of the US Open gives 3 "ways to win": winning more than 52% of the average round ball, maintaining a speed of more than 97 miles per hour, and more than 11% of the shot is an ace ball.

Peng Shuai did all 3 points, and the scores of 6-2, 6-1 showed everything. After winning the post-match point, Peng Shuai shook his fist and roared. "Towards the end of the game, it was a great test for my psychology." Peng Shuai said, "Until the end of the game, the opponent has a chance to turn the tables." The moment I won, I was really happy. ”

Throughout the game, Peng Shuai's serve was like Xiao Wei's possession, and he was not lost to his opponent who was 11 years younger in running. "I did a hard workout at the beginning of the year and this time it finally came in handy." Peng Shuai said that if someone had told her two weeks ago that she could reach the top 4, she would not have believed it at all, "You can't see my nervousness, when I played, my whole hand was cold." ”

This is the first time that Peng Shuai has reached the round of 4 grand slam singles, after Zheng Jie and Li Na have reached the top 4 of the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon. In this US Open, Peng Shuai has not lost a single serve in the last three games, and is also the only player in the lower half of the women's singles who has not lost a set. After reaching the top 4, she also received the biggest prize of her career , $730,000.

Waiting for Peng Shuai in the semi-finals is the 10th seed Wozniacki, the two have previously met 6 times, and Peng Shuai has only won 1 game. After breaking up with golfer McIlroy in May, Wozniacki's form quickly recovered, sweeping Elani 6-0, 6-1 yesterday. "Peng Shuai and he prefer to stay on the bottom line and patiently look for opportunities, it will be a difficult game." Wozniacki said.

【Mood】

The trip to Tibet found the original intention of playing

Before the US Open, Peng Shuai's performance this season can be described as "bad". In addition to Wimbledon to enter the 4th round, the Australian Open and the French Open are both out of the first round, plus two changes of coaches in the first half of the year, and the vacation has suffered a car accident, Peng Shuai said that he simply wanted to cry without tears.

It wasn't until the U.S. Open that she regained her original intention of playing, which she said was thanks to a previous trip to Tibet. "I've always been a very persistent person, but sometimes I don't know if I'm clinging to something right." When the pressure increased dramatically, a friend suggested that she take a trip to Tibet. "I met a lot of new people in Tibet and they gave me a lot of different advice." Peng Shuai said that in the past 20 years, his life has always been three points and one line - the arena, the hotel and the airport, life is training, competition and treatment, completely unstoppable, "I really want to go to Tibet once and change the rhythm of life different from the original." ”

"After going to Tibet, I felt that everything there was very clear. It's hard for me to put it clearly in one word, as if I could let go of everything, including playing. When Peng Shuai said that when she came to Tibet, she found that she was looking for spiritual sustenance. When he left Tibet, a local friend gave Peng Shuai two words: Chu Xin. "They made me think about what my original intention was to play, and what was my original intention to come to Tibet." Peng Shuai said it took her a while to realize, "I think no matter what kind of difficulties and setbacks you encounter, think about what you want most." If you think about it, your mind can get a kind of peace. ”

Before the US Open, Peng Shuai took the initiative to break up with Xie Shuwei, although they doubles ranked No. 2 in the world. Peng Shuai said that she knew what she wanted, and she returned to coach Ma Weikai, everything was familiar, and the extremely relaxed state made her create a new career high.

【Path】

Never lived in Li Na's shadow

Li Na did not come to the US Open, but that does not mean that there is no news about her. The day before yesterday, a blockbuster news broke from the United States - "Li Na will retire after the Chinese Open this season", but its US agency has debunked the rumor yesterday. Peng Shuai also said that she hoped that Li Na would come back as soon as possible, and she also denied "living in Li Na's shadow".

The day before yesterday, the US Open CBS tennis commentator and WTA celebrity Carriro broke the news that Li Na would retire after the Wuhan and China Open matches. On the same day, some fans photographed Li Na and Jiang Shan on a flight to Munich, which was the base camp for Li Na's training and rehabilitation. Yesterday, Li Na's AMERICAN brokerage company said: Li Na will not retire.

Li Na was plagued by rumors of retirement, Peng Shuai's US network broke out, and the Chinese women's network became the focus of attention from the outside world. At yesterday's press conference, a reporter mentioned that "you once said that you enjoy standing in Li Na's shadow", Peng Shuai responded that he had never said such a thing, and hoped that Li Na would come back as soon as possible and hold up the banner of Chinese tennis together. "Because we're from the same country, someone will compare us." Peng Shuai said that Li Na is a good player, but people are different, "we all just do ourselves well and constantly challenge ourselves." I never felt standing in Li Na's shadow. ”

Peng Shuai, along with Li Na and Zheng Jie, is destined to be written into the history of Chinese tennis at the same time, which is the only 3 Chinese players who can reach the top 4 of a Grand Slam. Peng Shuai said that everyone's career is different, "I was relatively smooth in the first two years, but after a few years, I was a little overwhelmed, and even three or four years I didn't play, and there was a lot of pressure during that time." Peng Shuai said that there were two times when she almost gave up tennis, once when she had heart surgery when she was 12 years old, and once after the 2006 solo incident, "Fortunately, I still returned to the field and finally survived." ”

Special feature writing/Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang

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