Beijing News Express (reporter Sun Haiguang) After the expiration of the 3-month ban, Peng Shuai maintained a good state after his comeback. In the Australian Open wild card match that ended in Zhuhai this afternoon, Peng Shuai defeated Zhang Kaizhen 2-0 to get a valuable Australian Open regular wild card. Helping Peng Shuai emerge from the shadow of the ban for a short time was Li Na's former coach Carlos Rodriguez.
After his comeback, Peng Shuai took a wild card to participate in the WTA Houston 125k Open, and won the championship as desired, and the ranking also rose to 182nd. In an effort to secure a place in the Australian Open women's singles tournament, Peng Shuai signed up for a wild card tournament in Zhuhai this week.
As the top seed of the Wild Card Tournament, Peng Shuai did not meet opponents along the way. In today's final, Peng Shuai's opponent is Zhang Kaizhen of Chinese Taipei. In the first set, Peng Shuai won 6-2. Only one set was played in the second set, and Zhang Kaizhen, who was 0-1 behind, signaled to the referee that he could not continue the game. Peng Shuai got a Australian Open regular match wild card as desired and will play at the Australian Open for the 14th time.
Wild card tournament won, Peng Shuai "straight to" the Australian Open. Photo/ Australian Open official Weibo
After the game, Peng Shuai specially thanked coach Carlos Rodriguez, who had previously coached Henin, Li Na and others. To be able to quickly come out of the trough of the ban, Peng Shuai must thank Carlos well.
Today's women's singles final, Carlos also appeared at the Hengqin International Tennis Center and accompanied Peng Shuai to attend the post-match press conference. Talking about how to help Peng Shuai come out of the shadow of the ban, Carlos said that he is from South America, south American life is optimistic, like to look forward, "3 months of ban is really difficult for Peng Shuai, but I told her that the past has passed, why not take the opportunity to rest and then continue to train." ”
Peng Shuai got a wild card for the Australian Open as he wished, and Zhang Kaizhen, who retired due to injury, did not get nothing. In the women's doubles final that ended earlier, Zhang Kaizhen and Xu Jingwen won the championship and got a wild card for the Australian Open women's doubles match.