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In the just-concluded Australian Open women's singles final, Zheng Qinwen lost 0-2 to Sabalenka, the world's No. 2 who is known as a serving machine, and unfortunately won the runner-up of this year's Australian Open, while earning 1,725,000 Australian dollars, he also gained 1300 points and raised his real-time WTA ranking to seventh, becoming the highest-ranked Chinese tennis player in the top 10 after Li Na.
Zheng Qinwen performed very strongly on the way to the 24th Australian Open, and his performance was very amazing!
She beat Krueger 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the first round of the Australian Open, Usain Bolt 6-3 6-3 in the second round of the Australian Open, Yafan Wang 6-4 2-6 7-6(8) in the third round of the Australian Open, Dodin 6-0 6-3 in the fourth round of the Australian Open, Karinskaya 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1 in the quarter-finals and Jastremska 6-4 6-4 in the semi-finals to advance to the final.
Zheng will be seeded 12th at the Australian Open, her second seeded appearance, having played as the 29th seed last year.
The Australian Open staged a Chinese red, the Chinese ** troupe is quite strong, and Chinese tennis talents suddenly exploded? It's time for Chinese tennis to make a difference.
Zheng Qinwen, Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue, Bai Zhuoxuan, Wang Yafan 7 people entered the women's singles main event, Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng 2 people entered the men's singles main event.
In addition to the runner-up No. 12 seed Zheng Qinwen, Zhu Lin and Wang Xinyu are seeded at this year's Australian Open, both seeding for the first time at a Grand Slam event. This is also the first time that three Chinese players have been seeded in the Australian Open women's singles at the same time.
On the women's side, although Bai Zhuoxuan, Wang Xinyu, Zhu Lin, Yuan Yue, and Wang Xiyu all stopped in the first round, Wang Yafan lost to Zheng Qinwen in the final decisive moment of the Chinese civil war in the third round and unfortunately stopped in the third round.
On the men's side, Zhang Zhizhen defeated Argentina's Coria in straight sets in the first roundHe won his first Australian Open in his career. After that, the 19-year-old Shang Juncheng defeated American McDonald, who had defeated Nadal at the 2023 Australian Open, in five sets. Chinese men's tennis players won both in the first round of the 2024 Australian Open, which is a historical breakthrough. In the second round of the match, he defeated Indian player Nagar 3:1 after losing one set, and entered the round of 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career; Zhang Zhizhen fought hard for nearly 3 hours, lost 1:3 to Amber, the No. 21 seed of the tournament, stopped in the second round, and failed to usher in the round of 32 of the third Grand Slam of his career.
SubsequentlyZhang Zhizhen's partner Mahaqi advanced and unfortunately stopped in the semifinals.
Why is there a blowout of Chinese tennis talent? The main reasons are:
1. Chinese tennis has found a successful model for cultivating top athletes.
It was at the Australian Open 10 years ago that the 31-year-old Li Na lifted the women's singles championship trophy and became the first Asian player to win the Australian Open singles title;
A month later, Li Na rose to No. 2 in the world rankings, setting a new record for the highest in Asia.
Li Na won two Grand Slam titles, the French Open and the Australian Open, and remained in the top 10 for 205 weeks. It not only proves the success of leaving the system and starting the solo flight mode, but also tells everyone that East Asian players can use their advantages to achieve good results in the face of European and American players.
More importantly, Li Na's success in the arena and business has also made more people know that spending a lot of money to hire top teams to play high-level competitions around the world, and getting sponsorship fees after achieving results is a model for success.
Just imagine, if there is no success for Li Na, it is still a project sponsorship contract that requires funding from the higher authorities under the *** system, and the Sports Bureau has the final say, it is absolutely impossible for so many people to be willing to devote themselves to professional tennis.
2. The rapid development of China's tennis infrastructure
In 2006, China's tennis population was only 2 million, and there were nearly 10,000 tennis courts;
According to the data of the "2021 World Tennis Survey Report": China's tennis population: 20 million (ranking second in the world); Number of tennis courts in China: 50,000 (ranked 2nd in the world); Number of tennis coaches in China: 11,350 (ranked 5th in the world); Number of tennis clubs in China: 800 (ranked 18th in the world); That's more than ten times more than a decade ago.
In addition, the China Open Tennis Championships and the Shanghai Tennis Masters have become the top tennis tournaments in Asia, with a total prize fund of 10 million US dollars, and major cities have held them one after another, which has greatly enhanced the tennis atmosphere in China.
3. The growth of China's middle class
Professional tennis is a standard middle-class sport that requires neither equestrian and motorsports that require a very high barrier to entry, nor is it a typical sport for the masses or even the poor to fight back against like football and basketball.
According to a study by his state university, the average annual cost of amateur tennis for a child is $1,170, more than double that of soccer and basketball.
The growth of the tennis population over the past decade or so has coincided with the rise in the size of the country's middle class.
According to the "2022 China High-net-Worth Individual Family Inheritance Report" jointly released by Hurun Report and CITIC Prudential Life Insurance, the report counts the overall size of high-net-worth families with different wealth levels in China. The number of "wealthy families" with a household net worth of 6 million yuan in China has reached 5.08 million, the number of "high-net-worth families" with a net worth of 10 million yuan has reached 2.06 million, and the number of "ultra-high-net-worth families" with a net worth of 100 million yuan has reached 130,000. It is this wave of young people who have a strong family background to stick to tennis. Persisted for so many years to come to this point where it has blossomed and borne fruit today.
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