In the 1980s, there was a famous tennis player. At the critical moment of winning glory for her country, instead of doing her best to win honor for her country, she disappeared during the competition.

In the 1980s, there was a famous tennis player. At the critical moment of winning glory for her country, instead of doing her best to win honor for her country, she disappeared during the competition. When she reappeared, she had found political asylum in the United States and caused a stir. This tennis player's name is Huna . He was a rare tennis talent in my country in the 1970s and 1980s.

Hu Na, born in Sichuan Province on April 16, 1963, is a Chinese professional tennis player. was born into a tennis family . Her maternal grandfather Wenling was a great tennis player during the Republic of China and the first coach of the Sichuan Provincial Tennis Team. Hu Na started learning tennis at the age of 7, and later many people in her family also took up the sport. But the sensational Hu Na incident caused too much controversy and accusations on her. Why did she run away back then? What did you experience after you ran away? Do you have any regrets now?

became famous at a young age

The time goes back to when Hu Na was 16 years old. Talent, technology, and luck made Hu Na unable to find an opponent in the country at such a young age. However, tennis is different from table tennis. Dominating the country does not mean dominating the country. Dominating the world, her family background always reminds Huna that she is still far from the world level. In this year, Hu Na came to the auditorium of Wimbledon Center Court for the first time. She was instantly attracted by the green field and the grand stands with tens of thousands of people. She saw that professional players could play so freely on the court. Showing off their amazing skills, Hu Na silently made up her mind that must stand on such a global competition field to realize her dream! But the price paid for this dream is indeed very high.

In 1982, the 20th Confederations Cup was held in San Francisco. Hu Na and her teammate Li Xinyi were the rising stars of the team at that time, and their coach was the head coach of the Asian Games women's team Shen Jianqiu . July 20, 1982 , 7 days after arriving in the United States, Hu Na played her first Fed Cup game and won two consecutive games against the Japanese team. Then the team leader held a meeting and informed that if lost the next game against the German team, they would return to China the next day. This made Hu Na determine the timing. She felt that "this is the last chance."

htmlOn July 21, according to arrangements, the Chinese team played against the German team. At breakfast, coach Shen Jianqiu discovered that Hu Na did not come out for breakfast. He asked Li Xinyi, an athlete who shared the same room with Hu Na, to go to the room and call her. After Li Xinyi went, he came back and said that Hu Na was not in the room and might have gone for a run. When everyone had finished breakfast and Hu Na hadn't shown up yet, Shen Jianqiu realized that something might have gone wrong. The team leader had an ominous premonition at that time: Hu Na might have run away! In the match that day, the Chinese team, which was unwilling to compete, lost to the German team 0-3. The next day, the Chinese team gave up the consolation match and left the venue of the event.

ran away

The day after Hu Na ran away, the coach and teammates saw a large photo of Hu Na on the front page of an American newspaper, with the headline saying that Chinese tennis player Hu Na requested political asylum. From the moment Hu Na applied for political asylum, China continued to negotiate with the United States, and the dispute lasted for eight months. Hu Na's application was even handed over to the White House, and the U.S. State Department intervened in a high-profile manner. In September 1982, our country publicly stated that if the Huna matter is not resolved, who will China dare to send to communicate with in the future? Sending Huna back to China is the best policy, allowing Huna to stay in the United States to study is the middle policy, and granting political asylum is This is a bad idea. The United States officially announced on April 4, 1983, that it would approve Huna's application for political asylum. On April 7, China officially announced the suspension of sports exchanges between China and the United States that year.

After the Hu Na incident, her roommate Li Xinyi was disqualified from participating in the Asian Games, and coach Shen Jianqiu also missed the Asian Games, and returned to the local team from the national team and became an amateur coach. Shen Jianqiu said: "I don't hate Hu Na. In my memory, she has never apologized to me, but because of my cultivation, I forgive her but it does not mean that she is right. After all, the consequences she caused should be reflected on ."

The past cannot be forgotten. In July 1982, just as Hu Na was planning to leave, representatives of the internationally renowned tennis agency IMG were negotiating with the Sports Commission in Beijing on matters related to packaging Hu Na to play professional games. The Sports Committee has put the matter on the agenda and will wait to discuss it in detail after Hu Na returns from the United States. If Hu Na had not left, the rest of her life would have been in a different situation. Of course, there are no ifs in history. So, did Huna realize her dream?

Career

At the beginning of her stay in the United States, Hu Na, who had no identity, was unable to participate in any international competitions. She finally obtained a U.S. green card in 1983, but she stopped training for 8 months due to injury. In the third year after running away, the 22-year-old Huna finally stepped onto the grass court of the All England Club, which she had dreamed of, and stepped onto the stage of her dreams. She played all the way from the qualifying round, winning 3 games in a row to reach the main draw, and reached the third round in the main draw. "When I stood on the center court of Wimbledon to play, I was very excited, because after all, I had realized my dream to a certain extent." In 1992, Hu Na, who had played professional events for 8 years and participated in 16 Grand Slams, announced her retirement due to injury. That year, she was 29 years old. Her best result was the third round of Wimbledon.

returned to China to develop

In 1996, Hu Na moved to Taiwan, China, and gradually became an iconic figure in Chinese commentators in tennis. Since 2004, she often returns to mainland China to visit relatives and work. She began to develop her career in mainland China and transformed into a painter. In November 2014, Hu Na held an art exhibition in Beijing with two friends. She also published her own collection of poems and paintings: "Hu Na's Spiritual Dual Paintings". Today, runaway Hu Na has transformed into a well-known painter in Taiwan, China. She often goes to Beijing to hold art exhibitions to make money. Regarding her behavior back then, she only said this sentence: "I was young and ignorant at the time..."

Later Hu Na Na went to the home of her old team leader Yang Mingxun, and also invited Shen Jianqiu, the old coach whose fate changed because of her. The grievances and worries after 26 years of separation seemed to have been dissolved on that day. Yang Mingxun joked: "If I were the team leader that time, would you still run away?" Hu Na didn't know how to answer, so she could only laugh and say nothing. ...

The 38 years since Hu Na's appearance have been a period of great changes in the times. Although the motherland has accepted Hu Na, Hu Na has never made a formal apology. She always owes the motherland an explanation. Many people cannot accept Hu Na's behavior back then. She ignored the motherland's careful training for her own dreams and future. Now that China has recovered and is developing again, this is why many people cannot accept her until now. What do you think of this?