The score is swept, the state is average, and the ups and downs of Zheng Qinwen will take to face Andreescu?

In the early hours of this morning, China's No. 1 sister Zheng Qinwen defeated Fraser in straight sets to win two consecutive victories on European clay courts, and although she only lost five games in the score, her form made fans unspeakably satisfied.

Before talking about this match, I would like to talk about a question, that is: why is the discussion of Zheng Qinwen always more controversial than praised? For a long time, fans who often pay attention to tennis will find that almost every time Zheng Qinwen loses, it will bring a huge storm of public opinion, and all kinds of doubts and criticisms will be overwhelming. Why? Many fans say that the reason is that many people and many unscrupulous domestic media are "maliciously consuming" Zheng Qinwen, but in fact, this is only one aspect, but not the root cause. The root cause of the problem is that fans have different "standards" for different players.

Take this year as an example, Chinese players are generally sluggish, Buyun Chaoket, Zhang Zhizhen, Wang Xinyu are far inferior to Zheng Qinwen, so why is there not such a big controversy when they lose? The reason for this is that the standards are different. Even though we say that others are not doing well, they don't live up to expectations and they never put themselves in a certain position, so even if they lose, the fans can accept it. But Zheng Qinwen is different, the first sister of China is pressure, the Olympic champion is pressure, and the first Chinese Jinhua to break into the Grand Slam final after Li Na is even more pressure, the greater the expectation, the more disappointment it will bring, so it is not the so-called "malicious consumption" Zheng Qinwen, but purely "unbearable in high places". Moreover, this pressure does not come entirely from the outside world, as well as the expectations of the first sister of China herself, as well as a series of practices to promote herself after becoming famous, resulting in higher and higher standards for her from the outside world, everyone no longer regards her as an ordinary player, but a player who can represent China in the future, and even succeed Li Na to win the Grand Slam! In this way, everything makes sense.

So back to the game in the early hours of this morning, it also depends on what kind of standard you look at.

If we think that Zheng Qinwen has just returned from injury and has no special expectations for the next French Open, then such a performance is commendable! In competitive sports, the winner is king, if you can win, you don't care how you win, whether you win beautifully or ugly, if you win, you have nothing to say, and if you win, you should be affirmed, and you should not be questioned in any way.

However, if we take Zheng Qinwen's ranking of No. 8 in the world, and face Sabalenka in the quarterfinals, and have higher expectations for the French Open, and win a Grand Slam title in the future, then, judging from the performances on these two clay courts, it is to describe it in two words, it is sparse.

In the game in the early hours of this morning, Zheng Qinwen paid tribute to what Collins said about Dementieva yesterday, and took a 5-0 lead in the first three service games, when the number of firsts can be counted. In other words, Zheng Qinwen's first-serve goal rate in the first five games was probably less than 10%, but even when there was no serve at all, Fraser still couldn't put pressure on Zheng Qinwen, which was mainly caused by the opponent's limited strength, and the opponent's ball was too thin, lacking spin and quality. But what we have to consider is that this is not just a problem in the first round, Zheng Qinwen's serve was also very volatile against Danilovic in the previous round, and various outrageous out-of-bounds and netting in the second set were once in a break battle. Let's think that players like Danilovic and Fraser may be able to give Zheng Qinwen some chances, but what about others? What about in a Grand Slam? How many more opportunities are there for that?

After 5-0, I thought that the first sister of China would be able to send eggs to win the first set directly, but in the subsequent game, Zheng Qinwen staged what it means to "not eat hard", and the continuous unforced mistakes made her lose three games in a row, which is why the second reason for being dissatisfied with the state - too many ups and downs. As far as Zheng Qinwen is concerned, it is still an old problem, once the opponent's moon ball or defense can play continuity, then her offense will be frustrated, and once she can't produce absolute suppression in strength, then her entire game will be deformed. What to do? What can I do? Fortunately, in the end, Fraser made a series of mistakes in Zheng Qinwen's second service game to give him a chance, otherwise he didn't know what kind of score would have been in the first set.

Zheng Qinwen, who won the first set, performed remarkably well in the second set, putting small balls, volleying, and serving, especially the backhand assault straight line, this line was indeed like a divine help in the second set. This is also a very important problem that Zheng Qinwen is facing now: once the game enters her rhythm, these weapons will be used, and once the game is very tangled or the game is against the wind, Zheng Qinwen will basically only choose to carry the bottom line to seek stability. She also said the reason for this at last year's Tokyo tournament, which is that she is not willing to take any risks in order to win, so she is only willing to use some new techniques in those games that are guaranteed to win.

So, how many points can Zheng Qinwen score like this? At the time of my debut, I commented on my personal public account that there would be a maximum of 5 points, and in this round, I think it will be 6 points at most, because it is hard to imagine that she can fight Sabalenka without losing a serve, and it is also difficult to imagine that in the face of a ghost hand like Andreescu, she can win surprisingly without firepower. However, as many fans say, the state is played round by round, perhaps, Zheng Qinwen herself has no expectations for the French Open, of course, with everything that happened to her this year and all the results she has achieved, it is simply unrealistic to have so-called expectations for the French Open.

Finally, let's take a look at the post-game, Zheng Qinwen talked about his views on the next round against Andreescu, the first sister of China said, "She is actually a very stable player, she will use some chipping tactics, so first of all, I have to be patient, when I see the opportunity ball, I still have to attack to suppress her." She's also a consistent player and I've watched a few games before, but take your time because I think I'm getting more and more into shape on clay. Let's see how the next game goes. ”

It's actually hard to say whether tonight's game will win or lose, but in terms of odds, Zheng Qinwen is still 1.2 much higher than Andreescu's 3.4. The Canadian star is also an old glass man, with constant injuries, and his comeback this year is also a serious physical fortune and a serious decline in weight, but relying on the feel and various cutting, the changes in the moon ball still beat Vikic and Rybakina in a row, and she performed well in the last consecutive defeat of the TOP20 and won the championship, but now, it may be a bit unrealistic to talk about her winning the championship. Overall, in such a game, the key is whether Zheng Qinwen can show his hard power that belongs to the top ten in the world, and at the same time, he also needs to watch the on-the-spot performance, so let's wait and see!(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)