Xi’an girl Zheng Saisai withdrew from the tennis women’s singles final due to injury and tears at the scene
2021-09-09 16:24:51Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Network reported that although she has been a professional player for many years, the 14th National Games tennis match held in Yangling was the first time for a Xi’an girl Zheng Saisai to participate in a formal competition at home. She originally hoped to use gold medals to thank her hometown fathers and elders for their care and concern for her. Support, but unfortunately, the “damn” injury made her choose to retire. Zheng Saisai, who was on the scene of the tears after the game, also apologized to the audience. She said she did her best.
Was the youngest WTA champion in China
Zheng Saisai was born in Xi’an in 1994. He came into contact with tennis by chance when he was 8 years old. With talent and hard work, most of the amateur masters in the ancient city were defeated by her in just a few years. At the age of 15, Zheng Saisai became China’s youngest ITF singles champion, and two years later he became China’s youngest WTA champion.
In 2010, Zheng Saisai participated in the first Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore. In that competition, she won a gold medal and a silver medal. This achievement caused a sensation in the Chinese tennis world because at that time, in addition to Li Na, Zheng Jie, Peng Shuai and other “Golden Flowers”, the young players grew slowly. Not getting up, Zheng Saisai’s results have filled the outside world with expectations. However, like many “little flowers”, Zheng Saisai also encountered a bottleneck and was unable to further break through himself. For a long time after Li Na retired, Chinese female players have always had difficulty contending with foreign masters. Zheng Saisai is no exception. Although she became a domestic “first sister” in 2015, she only ranked 70th in the world.
Give up the US Open for the National Games
At that time, some people commented that Zheng Saisai was an alternative to Chinese tennis. This was not because she was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, but because of her style of play, who thought her style of play was not fierce enough. Zheng Saisai’s mother once said in an interview that everyone has their own style of play, and not everyone can be like Serena Williams, but she also admitted that because her daughter did not practice tennis all the time when she was a child, there were some differences in basic skills. solid.
Beginning last year, Zheng Saisai’s performance on the court once again made people see hope. The world ranking was once promoted to 34th. This year, he also “unlocked” the first singles win of a Grand Slam tournament at the French Open. In order to prepare for the National Games, Zheng Saisai, Wang Qiang and others both gave up the US Open. On the stage of the National Games, Zheng Saisai has never been able to reach the highest podium before. This time although representing the Tianjin team, as a player born in Xi’an, she hopes to return gold medals to her hometown fathers and elders. Care and support.
I took a lot of painkillers before the game
In this competition, Zheng Saisai competed in the women’s doubles and women’s singles competition. Her partner in the women’s doubles competition was Duan Yingying. The two previously paired to participate in the Tokyo Olympics and are the biggest favorites to win the National Games. However, in the women’s doubles semi-finals, Zheng Saisai accidentally injured his shoulder when smashing a high ball, regretting to retire. It is understood that her shoulder injury is an old one, and she has not been very good when preparing for the National Games. This time she unexpectedly relapsed. After failing to qualify for the women’s doubles final, Zheng Saisai did not withdraw from the next women’s singles competition. She won the semifinals with injuries and joined another Tianjin team player Wang Qiang in the final.
In the women’s singles final held on the 9th, Zheng Saisai had a good start. He broke the opponent’s serve in the first game. Then in his own serve, Zheng Saisai returned from injury after falling behind at 15:30. Arrived in the seat, after a short period of treatment and still unable to continue, reluctantly chose to retire. Zheng Saisai, who missed the gold medal, shed tears on the scene, and then apologized to the audience. “After the doubles match withdrew due to injury, I ate a lot of painkillers to prepare for the singles match, but I still couldn’t continue to persist in the match. This is the first time I have played a game in my hometown. I really want to play this game well in front of the Shaanxi people. I tried my best, I’m sorry.” At this point, Zheng Saisai shed tears again. At this time, there was warm applause. Everyone was moved by Zheng Saisai’s persistence and cheered for him. At this moment, the silver medal also shines with the light of the gold medal.
Text/Xi’an Newspaper All-Media Reporter Yan Bin Picture/The Organizing Committee of the Fourteenth National Games
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