Zheng Qinwen: As long as you win at the French Open, you can score 6 points for your first-round performance

On the afternoon of May 25, local time, Zheng Qinwen, who appeared on the Philippe Chartier court, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets 6-4/6-3 and got off to a good start at the 2025 French Open. At the post-match press conference, she appeared in a dark purple dress customized for her by the brand, and the Chinese Jinhua, who got off to a good start, was in a very good mood.

Zheng Qinwen wore a long skirt to attend the post-match press conference

Photo: Li Jianyi

Summing up the performance, although Zheng Qinwen only scored 6 points for herself, she admitted that the victory itself is more important: "The opponent is really not easy to play, I had some service games in the second set that I didn't take, if I did, maybe the score would be easier." I was probably a little bit relaxed when I was 4-1 up in the first set and let my opponent chase 4-4, but it's normal, it's tennis. I don't care about anything anymore at the French Open, I just need to win, that's what I ask of myself. Last year, I also had expectations for myself, but this year I still want to fight myself, not to put too much pressure on myself, and to play round by round. ”

Commenting on her partnership with Emilio Gomez, a former Ecuadorian professional player, Zheng Qinwen introduced a new sparring partner to this year's clay season, saying: "We play training matches a lot and we benefit from every time we play against him. Because he's a man, it's very difficult for me to play and my coach will tell him to control his speed, but I don't like it when he lets me play 6-0 then 6-0. ”

"I've always been very strict with my training, and sometimes I ask myself if I'm too strict with myself or my sparring partner and put too much pressure on them, but I really want to win, so I need to make sure that I do my best in my current form every time I train so that I have a better chance of winning."

Photo: Li Jianyi

The retirement ceremony of Spanish king Rafael Nadal will take place today at the Philippe Chartier Stadium, and Zheng Qinwen said that he is willing to pay attention, but also talked about Nadal's influence on her: "I should go to see tonight's ceremony, I am looking forward to the big four gathering together. Although my idol is Federer, my dad always said that you have to have the will to be like Nadal, and his never-give-up spirit is really worth learning from the new generation. It's easy for me to say here, but it's really hard to do on the pitch. He's won the French Open so many times, I don't dare think about it, but he did, so he's a legend. ”

Zheng Qinwen also talked about the origin of his name at the press conference, and there is a rather interesting story behind it.

"When I was a child, I introduced myself to others, and I always said 'Zheng of Zhengzhou, Qin of Qincha, Wen of Culture'. If according to my father's genealogy, I shouldn't have taken this name, but then my grandmother went to the mountain to ask a monk, and he gave me the calculation and said that I should take this name. ”