On June 30, Chinese player Wang Qiang, who participated in the second make-up match at 2022 Wimbledon , lost to the host player Watson 5-7 and 4-6 and missed the top 32 of Wimbledon. For Wang Qiang, who has not been home for half a year and has been traveling around the world to participate in WTA events, missing the warmth of home is absolutely normal.
This year’s tennis grass court season has been severely affected by rainy weather. Wimbledon 2022 is no exception. In the first few days of the game, there will be rain that will disturb the matches on the open-air courts. Wang Qiang's two rounds of women's singles matches were both affected by delays caused by rain. In the first round, Wang Qiang faced Swiss player Bencic . After the score was tied at 1, it was already dark and they could only fight another day. Fortunately, Wang Qiang regained her form after a night's rest and defeated Bencic to advance. Facing Watson in the second round, Wang Qiang once again had to pause at 5-7 and 4-5 because the game was too late. But this time the goddess of luck was not on Wang Qiang's side. The Chinese player lost to his opponent in two sets and missed the top 32 of Wimbledon.
For professional players like Wang Qiang, the fun of playing in the competition is always to break through themselves and defeat high-ranking players. Wang Qiang said that although she is still ranked around 140 in the world, she is already working hard to integrate the experience of coach Pat Cash. "Maybe the forehand is better today and the backhand is better tomorrow, but it is not easy to integrate everything."
Wang Qiang has been away from home for a long time, and it is normal for Wang Qiang to feel homesick. "I haven't been home for half a year. I chatted with many Chinese players. Everyone still wants to go back to China to rest, because we are very tired and under high pressure, we need a psychological rest. We have to go home and feel like home. The warmth of home doesn’t need to be too much, just two or three days is enough,” Wang Qiang said.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Chu Peng
editor/Xu Zhao
