After the American player lost, he scolded Zheng Qinwen in person: I don’t respect you, why do you have fans?
After the third round of the women’s singles tennis match at the Paris Olympics, China’s “first sister” Zheng Qinwen and the American player Navarro, An unpleasant altercation occurred. After losing, Navarro rebuked Zheng Qinwen as "cruel and friendless" and threatened that he would not respect Zheng Qinwen.
In this duel, Zheng Qinwen wasted 4 set points in the first set and lost, but saved the match point in the second set to equalize, and won 6-1 in the final set. He entered the top 8 in his first Olympic Games.
However, after the game, after Zheng Qinwen shook hands with Navarro, his opponent grabbed him and severely scolded him, and Zheng Qinwen also responded plausibly. Subsequently, the two broke up unhappy.
At the press conference after the game, both men were asked what they had said in the altercation. Navarro, nicknamed "Rich Girl", accused Zheng Qinwen of being very graceless: " I just told her that I don't respect a competitor like her. I think the way she does things is quite cruel. This makes her have no friends in the locker room, so she faces It was difficult against such an opponent, and I really don’t respect her. " Still, Navarro admitted: "She played a great tennis match at the end. She played better than me, so congratulations to her."
Compared with Navarro's slightly petty remarks, Zheng Qinwen's response was much more generous: "She told me that she didn't know how I had so many fans. It seemed that she was very dissatisfied with my behavior. If she was dissatisfied with me I'm not happy with her behavior and she can come and tell me. I want to fix it and be a better player and a better person. I'm glad she told me that and I don't take it as an attack just because she lost the game. ." Zheng Qinwen's answer was neither humble nor arrogant. He did not lose his grace and gave Navarro face.
Surprisingly, foreign netizens supported Zheng Qinwen: "Who appointed Navarro as the arbiter within wta? Win the game first and then talk!": "Navarro will think that the WTA locker room belongs to her. Friends? She must not be that naive!”: “It’s natural for Zheng Qinwen to have such an attitude. In the final analysis, the Olympics is a competition, not a place to make friends.”: “As a rich girl, Navarro is used to other people’s treatment. She's friendly!": "Tennis is a fierce sport, and friendship is pure nonsense!"