On January 24, in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open women's singles, Zheng Qinwen fought hard in three sets and defeated Kalinskaya 6-7(4)/6-3/6-1, entering the Grand Slam for the first time in her career. The top four, becoming the fourth player in the Chinese women's tennis team.
Zheng Qinwen was immediately ranked in the top 10, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to break into the top ten in the world after Li Na, and the first post-2000 player in the history of Chinese women's tennis to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open women's singles.
Both sides broke serve in the first set. Zheng Qinwen failed to seize the opportunity in the tie-break, and Kalinskaya won the first set 7-6. In the second set, Zheng Qinwen broke serve strongly in the eighth game and regained the set 6-3, dragging the game into the deciding set. In the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen continued his excellent form and broke serve first, reversing the lead with a total score of 2-1 to advance.
After the game, the Chinese Olympic Committee also issued a message to congratulate Zheng Qinwen: "Every step is a pursuit, go all out to cross the width of the dream, come on Zheng Qinwen!"
Ten years ago, Li Na experienced the "shock 5cm" rescue in the third round After defeating Safarova on match point to advance, the big-seeded players miraculously fell one after another. The last person standing in front of Li Na was No. 20 seed Cibulkova.
On January 25, 2014, Li Na defeated Cibulkova of Slovakia 7:6 (3) and 6:0 in the Australian Open women's singles final and won the Australian Open championship for the first time. This is the second time she has won the four major championships after reaching the top of the French Open in 2011, and it is also the first time an Asian has won the Australian Open singles championship.
Judging from the ranking of opponents, Zheng Qinwen even got a better "script" than Li Na this year. On the way to promotion, Zheng Qinwen has not yet met any seeded player. Currently, Zheng Qinwen is the only remaining seeded player in the top half. In the semi-finals, Zheng Qinwen will play against qualifier Yastremska, ranked 93rd in the world.
[Source: Jiupai News Comprehensive]
