Xinhua News Agency, Paris, August 3 (reporters Gao Meng, Le Wenwan, Zhang Baihui) Win! With her right leg bandaged, Zheng Qinwen lay down on the red clay of the Roland Garros Center Court for the third time. This time, she did not shed tears.
A few seconds ago, cheers instantly filled the entire stadium and floated high in the air; and for the first time, the auditorium of this stadium was covered by the five-star red flag on such a large area.
Zheng Qinwen, this 21-year-old Chinese girl made history: she became the first athlete from China and even Asia to reach the highest podium in women's singles tennis at the Olympics.
Just three days ago, at the same location. Zheng Qinwen defeated German veteran Kerber in three hours and four minutes and advanced to the semi-finals, tying the Chinese women's singles best result in the Olympics. The moment the winning ball hit the ground, she threw away her racket, lay down on the court, and let the red soil rub against her clothes and body.
When she stood up, she quietly wiped away her tears with the wristband on her hand. She explained after the game that she had never played such a difficult game.
Two days ago, it was still the same stadium. Zheng Qinwen defeated the opponent he had never defeated in his career, the world's number one Sviatek. She lay back down, roaring in celebration of her victory.
Zheng Qinwen’s first trip to the Olympics was not easy, but she did not give herself a way out; precisely because she had no way out, she endured one game after another.
lay down three times, the first time because she broke through the limit; the second time because she defeated her inner demon; the third time, she could finally celebrate her victory easily.
time to bring back the final scene. Standing up again, Zheng Qinwen took a national flag from the auditorium. After carefully laying it flat on a chair nearby, she turned around with a smile and served to the audience to celebrate her victory.
Li Na once said: "Tennis is a lonely sport. When you play alone, you start a personal battle."
But tonight Zheng Qinwen is not alone.
In this final, the sounds of "come on" in Chinese kept coming and going. Six days since the start of tennis, Reuters and Associated Press reporters who had been sitting next to reporters finally turned around and asked about the spelling and semantics of "come on." The moment
won the championship, Zhang Xiaoyu, who flew from Shenzhen to Paris, shed tears in the audience. Having booked her Olympic tennis tickets as early as last year, she never thought she would witness this moment. "I think I will always reminisce about this moment. I believe it will give me some motivation and courage to break through my own difficulties."
Li Siyang, who lives in France, sighed: "She is really writing her own life story! I I am very proud of her, she is my life goal, and she is really fighting for the motherland, so we also feel a strong sense of cohesion at the scene. This game is very special and I am happy to be there to witness it. ”
But as Zheng Qinwen stood out in each round of competition, more and more people around the stadium became interested in the correct pronunciation of Zheng Qinwen’s name.
contains some touching meaning in a historical detail that is often ignored by people.
A hundred years ago, news of the Chinese came out of the tennis court of the 1924 Paris Olympics. Although they did not actually appear in the main competition due to various reasons, the spelling of their Chinese names was included in the Olympic list for the first time.
A hundred years later, at the awards ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics tennis venue, the Chinese national anthem was played at Roland Garros. Chinese girl Zheng Qinwen, just like her idol Liu Xiang, has allowed the world to see the face of Asia.
This time, "qinwen" was finally no longer pronounced as "quinwen".
editor/Wang Fan
