Nandu News reporter Wang Yayun On the evening of the 28th, Beijing time, many games at Wimbledon that could not be completed due to the rain in London the previous day were made up. Chinese player Wang Qiang went through three sets spanning two days. After a fierce battle, they finally eliminated No. 14 seed Bencic 2-1 and advanced to the second round. Bencic is also the highest-ranked opponent in the world that Wang Qiang has defeated so far this season.
Wang Qiang upset the 14th seed Bencic. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying
Yesterday, after Wang Qiang won 6-4 in the first round, she encountered a strong counterattack by Bencic when she was leading 5-1 in the second round. The latter regained the score 7-5. At that time, because the previous game was delayed a lot by rain, and seeing that it was getting late, the organizing committee decided to interrupt the contest and change the decisive set to be held today. As a result, in today's make-up match, Wang Qiang did not give her opponent a chance to come back and successfully won 6-2, advancing to the Wimbledon women's singles round for the third time.
"I was a little angry after losing the second set yesterday, so I have been adjusting my mentality throughout the day. She (Bencic) should be the highest-ranked opponent I have defeated in the world this year, so I am quite happy. ." Wang Qiang said after the game.
This Chinese girl, whose world ranking was as high as 12th in 2019, has also been affected by the epidemic in recent years, which has reduced many competition opportunities. Her current ranking has also dropped to 140th, but this does not mean that Wang Qiang Having lost her competitiveness, in fact, Wang Qiang has been regaining her position bit by bit since she started playing tours abroad for a long time in late November last year. The cooperation with new coach Pat Cash has brought her skills Renovation is an important factor.
"To be honest, my previous style of play was quite boring to me." Wang Qiang said, "Maybe that style of play would make people feel quite comfortable, but being in a comfort zone for a long time would actually be annoying. Now My coach has brought me a lot of new things, it’s like starting over. I think it’s hard to integrate these new things together, but it also makes me like tennis more. I really like it. This process."
While wandering in a foreign country to play in tournaments for most of the year, Wang Qiang said that the most difficult thing to overcome was missing her family. "I came out on November 21 last year," Wang Qiang remembered that day very clearly, " My plan is to go back after the last leg at the end of the year. Going home is mainly about psychological relaxation for me. That feeling is not something you can achieve physically by going on a beach vacation, but spending it with your family. However, that kind of relaxation is what I need most." Wang Qiang also noticed that the newly announced entry quarantine policy was changed to "7+3", and she was very happy about it. "After seeing it, I felt much better. "
and Wang Qiang advanced to the second round of Wimbledon on the same day as the Chinese player Zhang Shuai, who defeated Japanese player Misaki Doi 2-0; the other two Chinese players who played were China Golden Flower Wang Xiyu and Zhu Lin . So lucky, they each lost to their opponents and missed the second round; as for Shenzhen girl Wang Xinyu, she retired due to injury before the first match. Her compatriot Yuan Yue was the lucky loser and replaced Wang Xinyu in the first round against Ah Nisimova.
The more surprising news for the men's competition came from off the court. Last year's men's singles runner-up, Italian star Berrettini, suddenly announced today that he had to withdraw from Wimbledon due to being infected with the new crown . It is worth mentioning that before Berrettini, another men's singles star Cilic also withdrew from Wimbledon due to the new crown. His symptoms were more severe than the Italian.
According to the current policy of the British government, those who test positive for the new crown do not need to self-isolate, and Wimbledon does not require players to undergo regular virus testing. However, both players chose to withdraw from the game out of a responsible attitude towards their own and the health of others.
"Although my symptoms are not serious, in order to protect the health of other contestants and everyone involved in the event, I decided to take another virus test this morning." Berrettini said, "My heart is broken. . I can't express how disappointed I am that this year's dream has ended, but I will come back stronger next year."
