Tennis girl Zheng Qinwen, and her courage will never stop

Zheng Qinwen, a 19 -year -old tennis player, is about to usher in the first game of her in the Wimbledon Tennis Open.

In May, Zheng Qinwen entered the top 16 of the French Open and played the first Swarc in the world. In this game, she grabbed seventh, reversed, injured, and torn off the bandage, returned to the field, contributed a moving game, and contributed a moving game. the match of. Let more people know her and see her self -confidence, tenacity, and big heart.

After the French Open, we interviewed Zheng Qinwen. At the end of the video, she wore sportswear, tied a high ponytail, and sat by the training ground. Unlike the decisions of the killing on the court, chatting in private, she looks like sven, shy, a little shy, and her voice is thin. From time to time, she will talk about her parents, which is completely like a 19 -year -old girl.

We talked about her process of contacting tennis. From childhood to large, from Wuhan to Spain's training experience, the feeling of entering the professional arena in the first year, and also talked about food -in order to celebrate the results of the French Open, she and her mother "conducted it in Paris. Some pleasant Shopping "also ate a long -lost Sichuan cuisine. She likes spicy food, but during the training, she must maintain a healthy diet, so she will reward herself once only when she gets good results.

But soon, in order to meet the upcoming Wimbledon, she invested new training. For tennis players, adapting to different venues such as hard ground, red soil, and grass is a hurdle in their career. The young Zheng Qinwen is still a small tree now, which requires rain. I wish her good luck.

Text ｜ Golden Bell

Edit ｜ Jinshi

Figures ｜ Nike (except for special marks)

Battle

This is a victim that will be deeply remembered.

On May 31, 2022, the well -known Roland Garorus Stadium, the French Open Women's Singles Competition. On the day of the battle, the strength seemed to be a bit disparate.

One side is Swarc, a 21 -year -old Polish player, the first in the world, and is considered a seed player with a fault advantage. Before the game, Swarck was in an excellent competitive state. He had not lost one month before, and had maintained a 31 -game winning streak. The other party is Zheng Qinwen, a Chinese flower, at the age of 19, and has risen from 700 to 74 in the past two years. Before this game, some audiences were unfamiliar with her.

In the first game, Zheng Qinwen was behind 0-3 and was forced to the desperate situation. The victory of the opponent was close at hand, but she struggled to save the ball many times, dragged the game into the seven, and finally reversed and won the first game. This has given everyone a surprise -the world with excellent status, and the gold body that has not lost one month has been broken.

In the second set, Zheng Qinwen's state declined significantly, and the speed was slowed down. There were several opportunities in front of the Internet without catching it. During this set, she applied for medical suspension and was entangled with bandages in her thigh. Obviously, her running was affected and eventually lost 0-6.

At the beginning of the third set, her situation has not improved. After throwing one point, she made an unexpected move -the bandage she had just wrapped in her, returned to the stadium and continued to fight. This action is so resolute and ignites the audience.

Behind, saving the ball, grabbing seven, calling the injury, and finally removing the bandage, this is the most moving moment in this game.

Zheng Qinwen dismantled the bandage map source visual China in the game

Some media commented, "When the competition is in progress, Zheng Qinwen is losing or winning. She has made all people in the tennis industry realize that a 19 -year -old Chinese girl from Hubei, talented, and fighting spirit Here, she will be promising on the WTA stage. "

In the third set, she lost the game with 2-6, and she had done her best.

It was after the game that everyone knew why Zheng Qinwen's state declined -beyond leg injury, she was still experiencing severe abdominal pain. "The most important thing is that my stomach is too painful. I can't fight my physiological instincts. I am trying to do the best on the court, but the pain has always been ..."

But no matter what, the pain has not been the reason for her loss and the reasons for giving up.

In an interview after the game, when asked when it was so painful, why did not retire, she said, "You can lose, but what is the important way to lose." So she chose Torn off the bandage and tell yourself to fight to the end.

When asked, knowing what is going to play with the world's first competition, her answer is "excited": "Because I think, I finally have the opportunity to play with the world's first." This is the precious first time. Therefore, she does not retire, and wants to see which step can the opponent do.

Because of this "proud battle", she reached the best results in her career -the 46th place in the world and entered the top 50 in the world. This is also the youngest record in the history of Chinese tennis.

The girl named "Fire"

It's time to get to know Zheng Qinwen.

French Open hurriedly glanced, and some of the Chinese audiences might be impressive. There are other things: her bronze skin, fluent English, and spit in front of the camera. In addition to the powerful physical conditions, she also mastered the small ball in front of the net. Technology -The 19 -year -old young player is already a standard professional player in the international arena.

Zheng Qinwen's experience may be a sample of a new generation of tennis players -began to play tennis since the age of 6, which has always been from her interest. She has received professional and international training since she was a child. She chooses independently and does not take detours. She is from Shiyan, Hubei. She was born in 2002. Her father Zheng Jianping was a track and field athlete. She also began to try various sports when she was very young. One reason is that she was bad when she was a child, and she was often sick. Her parents hoped that she was stronger. Zheng Jianping said that he seemed to recognize some kind of sports talent when his daughter was very young -she did not like to take a car when she went out, and was more willing to run to the destination.

Tennis was not their first choice. At the earliest, her parents sent her to play table tennis. After two years of training, the coach told Zheng Qinwen that she was very talented to play table tennis. But at that time, she already had opinion, and felt that the table tennis table was too small and limited. I went to try badminton, basketball and tennis again. Finally, I chose tennis. "I learned that there are many venues in tennis, hard land, red earth, and grass, because it will change a lot, which attracts me very much."

At the beginning, tennis was as her interest. At that time, the popularity of tennis in Shiyan was not high. There were not many tennis courts in the city, but fortunately, there was one near her house. It was only ten minutes walking. I was released every afternoon. She will practice for an hour. Soon, Zheng Jianping realized that his daughter was better and better. She should receive professional training and insisted on sending her to Wuhan.

After starting professional training, in China, Zheng Qinwen changed three coaches. These three have coached Li Na -many people believe that Zheng Qinwen's choice of the coach is very wise and successful.

Her first coach was Li Na's enlightenment coach Xia Xiyao. Li Na wrote in the autobiography "Solo -playing alone". Xia Xiyao has a good personality and is a hip -hop person. After studying in Xiaxi Yao's hand for a year, she was sent to the door of Yu Liqiao, the Hubei Provincial Team.

Yu Liqiao's style is tough, with strictness, "mouth is soft and soft." At that time, Zheng Qinwen trained was very high. He went to school every morning, and in the afternoon was three hours or three and a half hours of training. Zheng Qinwen told "Characters" that she has laid a good foundation for this strictness. In Wuhan for a few years, Yu Liqiao has brought her the biggest coach.

Athlete's talent, characteristics, character and mind often have embryos when they are young.

The strong desire for offensive is always one of the biggest features of Zheng Qinwen. Xie Chun, head coach of Wuhan Tennis Team, also directed Zheng Qinwen. In an interview, he said that Zheng Qinwen started from the age of eight or nine and has a strong desire to attack, but because he was young, his strength and technology did not keep up, he made a lot of mistakes. He also lost some games for this. At that time, he would explain to her, don't be anxious, take it slowly.

Later, Zheng Qinwen signed a contract with IMG (the world's largest sports brokerage company) to train at the American tennis school. He was also named "Fire" because of this powerful offensive firepower.

In this French Open competition, she also showed a strong offensive ability -the first round of the game, she scored 95%; in the second round, she played 27 victory points; in the third round, the score rate was 100 100 %, The nine innings have not lost. Her English name is ANA, but some people commented: "If she has seen her positive hand and serving, even if she hit the ball once, she will find that Zheng Qinwen's original nickname (Fire) is more suitable for her."

She was also very obvious when she was a child. She was her stable mind. In our interview, she said that when she left home at the age of eight or nine, went to Wuhan to train, and experienced a painful "weaning" period: "I can't see my parents every day. Every time they leave, I am very sad." , But she is not a personality that will be controlled by emotions, and she is still very clear about tennis. In Xie Chun's view, she is characterized by reality. She is well -trained and does not discount. Personality is not delicate and can hear different opinions.

After 10 years of age, she has started to achieve her results. At the age of 10, he won the U12 championship of the Nike National Youth Tennis Rankings; at the age of 11, he won the U12 single and doubles championship in the Nike National Youth Tennis Ranking Finals; 12 years old, won the European Youth Tennis Tour 14 Other women's singles champions. In the fourth year of practicing tennis, she has won the championship in both domestic and international events.

The desire for winning was ignited many times during her growth. Perhaps the most powerful one is 2011. In 2011, this year's French Open, Li Na won the first Grand Slam champion in her life. At that time, Zheng Qinwen was 9 years old and was training in Wuhan. In her memory, that day was the festival of the national fans. For her, it also meant more. "Li Na's special thing is that she was the first person. At that time It turns out that Asians can also win the Grand Slam champion. "After that, the Grand Slam champion also became her dream.

The next American journey continued to anchor a championship heart. In 2013, Zheng Qinwen had won the championship of the same age group in China. Her father Zheng Jianping wanted to see what level she was in the same age, so her mother took her to the United States and participated in some competitions. It is found that "the difference between the top (same age) players in the world is not so big." This gave her confidence. They also realized that she should start more advanced training.

Soon, she met an important coach in her career -Carlos Rodriguez. Carlos has directed Li Na, helped her win the 2014 Australian Open championship, and also directed the tennis star Justin Haining. She won the Grand Slam championship 7 times. After that, Zheng Qinwen followed Carlos in Beijing's tennis school for 4 years. In the past four years, her changes have been huge. Zheng Jianping said in an interview that her daughter received the most advanced and economic training in Carlos. The so -called "most economical" refers to the training system with international standards, with clear goals, and not taking detours.

But Zheng Qinwen told us that Carlos taught her not only these. It is also important, as well as the principle of being outside the tennis. Carlos told her that to be a world -class player, she still has many places to learn: for example, on the tennis court, it will not always be smooth, but no matter at any time, respect each other (including coaches and opponents); tennis also It is not a exercise that can win well. When it is not well played, there will be a chance to win; in addition, she also needs to improve her eating habits. Every day, she receives 90 minutes of training on skills, tactics and mentality.

Four years later, Zheng Qinwen was 16 years old. She performed well on the youth stadium. She participated in the youth group competitions of French Open, Wimbledon, and the United States. Good results.

As a teenager, she was about to end, and she left Carlos -she should go to the real competitive stage.

Cross the rookie wall

From the transition from teenagers to the adult field, this transition is never easy, so that there is even a proper noun to describe it- "Rookie Wall". It refers to that in the process of turning into career in young athletes, they will encounter various discomforts. Perhaps the state will decline. They must overcome a "wall" to enter a new stage of occupation.

The new generation of young athletes, the difficulty of crossing the wall, in addition to the occupation itself, also superimposed the impact of the epidemic. Tennis is a project with a high degree of commercialization, dense competition, and frequent transnational travel. The epidemic has caused the game to interrupt the game for a period of time and affect people's travel.

In 2019, Zheng Qinwen finished training with Carlos. After experiencing a period of confusion, no better training was found, and her friends of the same age were improving. At that time, her professional competition ranked 700th.

The real breakthrough happened next.

Zheng Qinwen told us that this should thank her mother -her mother resigned many years ago and has been accompanying her training and competition. At the end of 2019, they decided to go to Spain for training. After several turns, her mother contacted the coach Pere Riba. He just retired, and the highest world ranking reached 69. The two sides came into contact with for a while and officially started cooperation at the end of last year.

For a player who is currently turning, this training is quite precious. She hasn't conducted such super -intensity training for a long time: two -hour tennis training every morning, plus an hour of physical training, two -hour tennis training in the afternoon, Monday to Saturday, every day, perseverance, never never, never never, never, never, never, never. Discontinued.

When she was training, she rarely paid attention to the movement of the ball, but maybe many young players standing with anxious parents behind her -her parents will pay attention to various news. Once, whoever enters the top 100, they will tell her.

This comparison brings anxiety, but it is also a kind of motivation -when I set off every morning to train, she would think that although she felt that she was not lost to them, the fact was that she was 700, others were 200 or even 100, even 100 or even 100. name. She wants to catch up.

Pere Riba is a very patient coach. He taught Zheng Qinwen how to become more stable, not just aggression. "Many people told me before, but he was the only patient to repeat me every day every day every day. These people, until it arrived in my mind and appeared naturally. "

He also taught her other things. In this French Open game, these things have been reflected -on the court, she should play calmly, but at the same time, she should not lose blood; even if it is bad, she There will always be a chance to win; she can lose a game, but the way to lose is not "that's it", but it should be the last minute of the game.

After more than half a year of training, in August 2020, the tennis game finally recovered. At that time, Zheng Qinwen's world ranking was 630th.

In the following year, she participated in nearly 30 competitions, which means that she has almost no rest.

In order to reduce the risk of infection with new crowns, her team chose to drive and traveled on the vast European continent. She had been to Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic ... The farthest time, it took 22 hours on the road. "It is incredible to think of this. I stayed in the car for a day and a half, just to play a race." This kind of difficulty also made people even more thirsty. Go home. I want to achieve some results to prevent these hard work. "

At this stage, she has a rare focus. During the contest, I almost did not access the Internet. When I arrived at the competition, they would shut down directly.

Many fans know a interesting smell that in June 2021, after she participated in a championship in the Czech Republic, the host asked her if she knew who the champion was before the event. 2021 French Open Championship, Craigitz Okova. She said blankly to the host that "Tell Me" was spread widely. Now she even has a homonym of "Tell Me". Of course, fate also gave back her. Since August 2020, her ranking has risen nearly 600. On the official website of the WTA (International Women's Tennis Association), an article described her in this way, "Zheng's mentality and combat effectiveness are hone on the road."

Constantly

After entering the world of competitive sports, like all professional athletes, Zheng Qinwen also began to face some fundamental propositions that surround her career. The enemy of athletes was losing.

On March 12 this year, the WTA1000 Indianovir, this is the first time Zheng Qinwen participated in the International Women's Tennis Association. In the second round, she met Kobel. Cobel is a German tennis player. He used to be the first and three Grand Slam winners. After three years of downturn, he returned to the net altar at the age of 33.

In the first half of this game, Zheng Qinwen played well. At the decision, he held a huge advantage of 4: 1 at the beginning, but soon, Kobel won five games in a row to complete the reversal. She lost the game with a score of 2-6, 7-5, 4-6.

The moment when the big score is leading, it is a charming and dangerous temptation for this young player -it is a former Grand Slam champion, and you have a chance to win now. Her mentality began to fluctuate. "Maybe I want to win too much, which has caused a lot of mistakes." She later analyzed that Cobel was a very stable player, and each ball could come back. However, her own mentality fluctuated, "self -random feet", which eventually caused defeat in the game.

After the game lost, she experienced a period of pain, "very angry, very sad, a lot of emotions", and even had some friction with the coach.

She felt that she could have won and lost the game in the end, and she had appeared several times. In 2019, she entered the semi-finals of the French Open, against the American player Emma Navarro, and the two had previously handed over. She defeated the opponent with a 6-0 score, but this time, she took this game. It was too important to see it, and I lost their strength and lost. In March 2022, at the WTA1000 Miami Open, she was almost similar. She played against Polish players Lernet, and was overtaken by the opponent in the case of 5-1.

This deep pain is the emotions and situations shared by all athletes, which has nothing to do with ranking.

Li Na wrote in the autobiography. After losing a ball, she returned to the lounge. She washed, and she couldn't help crying. "After losing the ball, I can't wait to hit the door of the lounge. I feel like I like a lion that falls into the trap, rushing to the sky with manifestations, but deeper and deeper. The pain also worsen the bad mood. I scold myself over and over again, while crying at the same time. Why do this come to me? "

She didn't want to talk to anyone, pulled her jacket on her head, and cried. "If the reason for losing is that the opponent is too powerful, it will be it. But I know clearly that my failure is completely because I cannot control my psychology. It has the strength to win the championship, but it does not have the mentality of winning the championship. This is me. Deadly wounded! "

For Zheng Qinwen in the young age, her solution was also crying. As long as she lost, 90%of her will cry. Especially the more she wants to win, the more powerful in the game, but in the end, the more severe pain will be. Crying, often in the locker room alone, or in your own room, or when you recur with the coach, "If I can desperately, it would be better to work harder."

But she is very clear that this emotion needs to be digested alone and cannot hurt others. Half an hour or hour after losing, it is best not to communicate with anyone first- "Because what you say at this time is not what you want to say." Emotional digestion is good, and facing everything next.

Fortunately, when she gradually deepened her understanding of this competition, sports, and self, her heart would become stronger.

She has been a powerful player since she was a child. On the field, she often has the initiative and gets more winning points. Many times losing the ball, often not because the opponent played more exciting, but because of her mistakes. "Great power is an advantage, but if you don't control this power well, you don't know how to use this power, it may become your disadvantage."

So after entering the professional competition, one of her important homework is to learn to play smartly. In the Australian Open this spring, she lost to Romanian players and two Grand Slam winners Halep. At that time, she found that Halep was also a stable player. She was unhappy and her aggression was not strong. She was attacked by herself, but she was unstable and had too many simple mistakes.

In the next few months, she cultivated her patience. "I tried to let myself stay on the court for a while, find opportunities in many rounds, and walk step by step, don't always wait on the bottom line." To defeat the opponents by stability, this is what they taught her. At the same time, she also learned more skills. In this French Open, she helped her win a lot of scores in front of the net to play small ball skills, that is, she learned from Spanish player Alcalas in the offseason.

Soon, at the French Open, she encountered Hallep again. In the case of losing a plate, she reversed with a large score and won the game.

After defeating Halep, Zheng Qinwen signed on the broadcast lens

Stimulated next generation

In Paris in May, after Zheng Qinwen contributed this wonderful game, the host left her to ask questions on the scene. The camera brought the audience on the side of the stage. Everyone looked at her with a smile. More than 10,000 kilometers away, in the late night of Beijing, some fans would think of 11 years ago, and they also have this season. They have experienced similar, inspiring moments--

It was the Roland Garos Stadium on June 4, 2011. In the French Open Final, Li Na defeated his opponent Siziiawini and won the first Grand Slam trophy in Chinese and even Asian history.

After getting the Grand Slam, Li Na realized that victory brought her the best gift was the calmness of my heart: "I don't have to cover my face with a towel after the game, hide in the locker room or the bathroom, crying, and crying, no need to do it anymore for anymore. I hate myself, I don't have to torture myself repeatedly. I know my performance is. My inner referee will let me go this time. "

The next day, she went to Nike Store in Champs Elysiums to do activities. As soon as I entered the door, a brand new poster was in their eyes, and "Change everything with exercise" was printed on it. She has seen many excellent players in Nike shops, such as Federer, Nadal, Sarapova ... this time, she finally saw herself.

Li Na has said many times how Nike has always supported her. Since her teens, Nike provides her tuition fees for access to the Internet and provides her with clothing. Not only that, Nike's staff will go to the sidelines to watch her competition, and usually meet, eat, and even throw off her own. Go to work with her, "I must thank these loyal partners who have never gained me, I regard their peripherals for their team."

Nike's sports poster for Li Na

It was also in June, 9 -year -old Zheng Qinwen, who saw Li Na winning the French Open champion on TV, which was like a holiday. She has also seen the poster of Li Na's Grand Slam and was called by the spirit of "Just Do It".

In fact, not long after, at the age of 13, Zheng Qinwen began to associate with Nike. She participated in the "Nike Junior Tennis", which has successively supported many international first -class players including Nadal, and entered China in 2006. It is the highest level of young people in China and the National Youth Team. The selection stage of the National Young Team. Zheng Qinwen during the youth got the opportunity to learn the skills with excellent peers, consolidating the experience of ball skills and accumulating the game experience. "Overall, I feel very lucky. Nike chose me when I was 13 years old." Since then, Nike also directly or indirectly supports her continuous competition and high -level training. She also walked with Nike's company. To this day.

Her new generation of tennis players has gradually separated from the influence of the previous generation and grew her own branches.

Some media asked Zheng Qinwen, did she have any idols? She replied that when she was a child, there were, such as Xiao Wei and Li Na, but after becoming a professional player, she no longer regarded anyone as an idol- "Because to compete with them, if you want to win them, you can’t take them. Looking up at a higher level, you should look at them. "

Today's women's balls are regarded as the era of "youth storm". This year's French Open women's singles champion Swarc, who has just passed her 21st birthday. Durakanu, who was the same age as Zheng Qinwen, won the US Women's Women's Single Championship a year ago. Her winning the championship is called "New York Fairy Tale." There are also 20 -year -old Ancorova, 19 -year -old Fernandez, 18 -year -old Gogo ... Each star is very young.

In front of them, there is a long and long competitive career. There are too many unknown problems, such as injuries, ups and downs, relationships with people, and external worlds ... To become a great player, it requires extreme players. Work hard, there is still opportunity.

In the outskirts of London, the oldest and most prestigious Winbolden Stadium, at this moment, Zheng Qinwen is about to meet one of the difficulties that must face her career, the grass court.

One of the special features of the tennis sport is that there are three venues: red soil, hard land and grassland. Zheng Qinwen is good at the red soil. This is the venue she is familiar with when training in Spain. The red earth has high physical and perseverance in the player. This is exactly her strengths. Hard land is the most common and most available venue, and she is also used to it.

The grassland is precisely what she is not good at — the grass earth has a small friction, fast rebound and irregular, and has high response and skills to players. She has the least practice and is the most unfamiliar. The grass is relatively small in China, so it is also the weakness of many Chinese players.

Speaking of the upcoming Wimbledon competition, "I still need more adaptation cycles", "I need to focus on the present, sink my heart to train, and challenge the venue that I am not good at."This may also require everyone to encourage this young player.However, we also talk about age and future.She believes that age means opportunities, and what she needs is the moment of hard work, humility and patience, waiting for the moment of success.

I wish her a good luck in the grass, and I wish her to enjoy the 19 -year -old summer of Winbolden, and the others were handed over to time.

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