Yesterday afternoon, Peng Shuai's partner Yang Zhaoxuan defeated Duan Yingying/Han Xinyun 7-5, 6-2 to win the doubles title of WTA Anning Station. Although the level of the event is not high, this is Peng Shuai's first event after undergoing surgery on his right knee. She said: "I just want to challenge again!" ”
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Peng Shuai's right knee is an old injury, she has used conservative treatment of injecting lubrication before, and she has also undergone surgery for this purpose, but after the Australian Open this year, her right knee hurts very badly, and she insisted on going to Hua Hin Station in Thailand and couldn't stand it, so she went to Germany to seek treatment.
"I had three options, the first of which was to retire." Speaking of this, Peng Shuai smiled, "The second is to inject maintenance, but this will not make the injury better, and the third is to gamble and do another cartilage removal operation." "Peng Shuai knows that this operation is risky, but she just wants to challenge it again." Now 11 weeks and 5 days, standing at this point in time, the recovery period is much better than expected, at least now I can start playing. She said.
This right knee surgery is the sixth time in Peng Shuai's life and the third in nearly four years. "I think, as an athlete, probably no one has gone through so many surgeries. But I can't control my body because in training I definitely want to play hard, and I can still stand on the court and play 6 times, and I'm still lucky. Peng Shuai said that because she was still in the recovery period of the right knee surgery, she was once very hesitant about whether to come to Anning to play this game, or when she was training in Beijing, Zhang Shuai's encouragement made her make up her mind, "In fact, I also know that it would be better to adapt little by little, but there will still be some fear in my heart, what am I afraid of?" Afraid of losing, afraid that people will say ' you should retire'. But then I thought, it's normal to have different voices, and I still want to be stronger inside, even if I lose, maybe next week or next month, I will run a little faster. ”
Singles Peng Shuai really lost, and it was in anning's first game. "In the first game, I couldn't find any feeling at all, and until now, I found some of the feeling of the game." Peng Shuai said, "But this is not my best state, whether it is a delivery, a bottom line or a net, I feel that I still need to work hard to recover through training, competition, and now it is the first and second steps in a process, for me to accumulate confidence." ”
This is the fourth competition that Peng Shuai and Yang Zhaoxuan have cooperated, and at the Shenzhen Open at the beginning of the year, the two of them also won the doubles championship together. "I'll see if we get a chance to work together in the grass." Peng Shuai said, "Now my ranking needs to be played back a dozen times, so as to ensure that the two of us can get in, and there is a chance that we will still be worthy." ”
Peng Shuai believes that whether it is training or surgery, it is ultimately for the game, because from the bottom of her heart, she still very much wants to return to the field to play tennis. "I feel lucky because a lot of people don't come back after surgery." She said, "I don't know where I'm going to go back, but I tried, Whether it's singles or doubles, maybe not a big game, but step by step, it's good." ”