Zheng Qinwen is 21 years old: 6 aces can't stop the defending champion, and the first championship is difficult!
The two athletes competed in the 1 4 finals of the US Tennis Championships, where Zheng Qinwen lost 0-2 to Sabalenka, breaking his own record despite reaching 16-4. Zheng Qinwen broke her record once again when she defeated Sabalenka at the Australian Open.
Sabalenka won 13 Australian Open titles, including a 2-0 win over Gauff, her first World Championship in the last two years. Zheng Qinwen also performed very well and is expected to beat the previous champion.
In the first set, Zheng Qinwen played against Sabalenka, Zheng Qinwen felt the strength of the world No. 1, in order to let the opponent hold his serve, he had to delay for a minute to get his serve back, but with Zheng Qinwen's three consecutive breaks, Zheng Qinwen was also overtaken by Sabalenka, and finally lost to the opponent 0-3.
In the fourth set, Zheng Qinwen held a one-minute and 12-second lead against a strong opponent, and then scored two aces in a row before being reversed by Sabalenka. In the sixth set, Zheng Qinwen was still hot, and used aces to make the result of the match 2-4, and then Zheng Qinwen made two consecutive aces to save the game. In the ninth game, Sabalenka continued to maintain her service advantage and won the first game 6-3.
Obviously, Zheng Qinwen is very keen to get his first Grand Slam tournament, but Zheng Qinwen and Sabalenka are far from the same level at all.
Regardless of the final outcome, Zheng Qinwen's performance is very good, and the salary he gets is his annual salary of 172$50,000.