Returning to the French Open qualifying tournament after 13 years, the 36-year-old Zhang Shuai once again received strong attention from everyone!
Before Zhang Shuai made his official debut, many fans and netizens had been calling the 36-year-old Chinese veteran the Dinghai Shenshen Needle for the Chinese Legion to compete in this French Open qualifying tournament, and at the same time said with a smile, "With the handsome sister here, everyone feels very relieved." ”
Facts have proved that the outside world's praise of Zhang Shuai before the game is not a rainbow fart, but that the Chinese veteran is indeed more trustworthy than other small flowers!
After Shi Han, Yao Xinxin and Wei Sijia took the lead in making a successful start to the French Open qualifying tournament for the Chinese army, Zhang Shuai stepped forward at a critical moment, and finally swept Hunter 6-3 and 6-2 with an outstanding performance of 9 aces, and advanced to the second round of the French Open qualifying tournament strongly, which made everyone happy.
Zhang Shuai's victory not only made up for the regret of all three Xiaohua encountering a round of tours, but also made people see that the Chinese veteran Baodao is not old and seems to have signs of strong rejuvenation, and also makes people look forward to Zhang Shuai's next performance.
Some people bluntly said that just because Shuai Sister can still play such amazing tennis at the age of 36, it is not surprising if she can advance to the main draw of the French Open this year, and finally shine.
In a post-match interview, Zhang Shuai talked about her expectations for this year's French Open, but her thoughts were completely different from the outside world.
"It's been a long time since I've played a French Open qualifier, and I'm still happy to be able to win the singles on clay at the French Open, because it's not an easy thing to do, especially for Chinese or Asian players who are not very good at clay." Zhang Shuai admitted frankly that he did not set any goals for himself when he came to the French Open this year, and would take enjoying tennis as the main task of this trip. And when she says this, she feels that clay is not the type of court she is good at, and it is more practical to go with the flow and focus on each match instead of setting goals to put pressure on herself!
However, when Zhang Shuai talked about this, he focused on Zheng Qinwen, bluntly saying that she was an exception, "She is very good at red clay and has a very good performance on red clay." ”
In addition, when Zhang Shuai talked about Zheng Qinwen's good performance on clay, he also revealed another thing to the outside world, the current attitude of the first sister of China towards tennis.
"She said that I'm happy tennis now, it's very good, and I think it's good to be able to play tennis happily." After Zheng Qinwen lost to Gauff in Rome, he came to the French Open in advance to prepare for the match, and just met Zhang Shuai who came to play the qualifying round. Zheng Qinwen's mentality makes Zhang Shuai feel very rare, because sometimes the mentality can really change a lot of things.
After Zhang Shuai revealed this incident was reported by the media, many people were very optimistic about Zheng Qinwen's trip to the French Open this year, thinking that China's first sister is good at playing clay, and now she is preparing for the war with a more relaxed attitude, and she may be able to harvest surprises at that time!
When discussing Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Shuai together, some people also threw out another expectation, wondering if after the end of the French Open this year, the first Chinese sister can become the second Chinese active player with a total career bonus of more than 10 million US dollars like Zhang Shuai.
Among the active Chinese players, Zhang Shuai is currently in first place with a total career prize of $11.24 million, and Zheng Qinwen is behind the big sister with a total prize of $9.2 million. If Zheng Qinwen can reach the final of the French Open this year, then her career total prize money will exceed the $10 million mark, becoming the second active Chinese player.
Although this goal seems to be a bit difficult, it still gives many people confidence after seeing Zheng Qinwen's super-burning remarks in an interview with the media before the French Open draw.
In a mixed media interview before the French Open draw, the reporter's question was very interesting, and directly threw a question related to the hell draw to Zheng Qinwen.
At that time, some fans and netizens called the reporter's question "Lifted my heavenly spirit cover away", which means that the media is too good at doing things.
Zheng Qinwen was also quite domineering when he answered, and bluntly said that don't mention any death zone to himself, he has no opponent he wants to avoid, and the real champion should step on all the masters to reach the top, and the trophy that he holds by hiding from others is no different from plastic toys.
After seeing Zheng Qinwen's words, many people said that it seems that the two-set victory over Sabalenka in Rome did make Xiao Zheng's confidence different. At the same time, he emphasized that Zheng Qinwen can have such a mentality at present, and if he shows the spirit of the Paris Olympics last year, he may really be able to look forward to this year's French Open, "See what rounds her cruel words can help her score!" ”(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)