Zheng Qinwen missed the top 8 of the Adelaide Tennis Tournament [0:2 lost to the former world No. 1]
Wuhan Evening News (Reporter Zhang Lin) On January 5, in the second round of the WTA500 Adelaide station, Hubei girl Zheng Qinwen encountered the powerful former world No. 1 Azarenka.
Although Zheng Qinwen hit 10 Aces and scored 37 winning points, he made too many mistakes, especially in the multi-shot stalemate stage. In the end, he lost 0:2 and missed the top 8 of the tournament.
The scores of the two sets were 2:6 and 5:7 respectively.
In the first round of the match two days ago, facing the former No. 2 in the world and No. 6 seed Kontavit, Zheng Qinwen fought hard in three sets and defeated his opponent with a big score of 2:1.
And Azarenka also passed through hard work, and both sets went to the tie-break.
Judging from career achievements and rankings, Azarenka clearly has the upper hand.
She was the former world No. 1 and two-time Australian Open women's singles champion. She is currently ranked 26th in the world, ahead of Zheng Qinwen.
This encounter between the two is also regarded as a duel between the hopeful star of tennis and the famous veteran.
The first game started, both sides kept their serve.
But after the battle was 2:2, Zheng Qinwen's state fluctuated greatly, and he was completely unable to resist the opponent's offensive. He was defeated by Azarenka in four consecutive rounds and lost 2:6.
In the second set, Zheng Qinwen regrouped and played a small climax.
She came up with a strong break first, then easily secured her serve, and soon took a 2-0 lead.
But the experienced Azarenka did not panic, and started to counterattack after stabilizing his position.
Soon, they played three games in a row and overtook the score.
In the sixth game, Zheng Qinwen, who had no way out, fought back and kept his serve, tying the score to 3:3.
Since then, the two sides have come and gone, not giving in to each other, and the score has also increased alternately, until it was 5:5.
At the critical moment, Azarenka played very experienced, fully demonstrated his stable bottom line stalemate skills, and played beautiful crossing balls many times.
Facing Azarenka, who played steadily, Zheng Qinwen tried his best, but was unable to complete the reversal, and finally lost another set 5:7.
After Zheng Qinwen is out, he will stay in the local area and continue to prepare for the game.
From January 9th, the second leg of the back-to-back WTA Adelaide Tennis Tournament will start.
Zheng Qinwen will start from the qualifying round, which will also be her last chance to warm up before the start of the 2023 Australian Open.
"Wuhan Evening News" January 6, 2023, page 13