World No. 5 Zheng Qinwen stopped in the second round and became the biggest seed in women's singles eliminated since the start of the Australian Open! The person who let the first sister of China swallow the bitter fruit of defeat is the 36-year-old German veteran Sigmund, ranked 97th!

Before the start of this focus battle, many people thought that this was a game with no suspense, and the final winner must be Zheng Qinwen.

The reason is that Sigmund has no age advantage compared with Zheng Qinwen, and even Gao Xinyu can't beat in the United Cup, so it is not easy to defeat Zheng Qinwen at the Australian Open and break the biggest upset in the women's singles field.

Moreover, although Zheng Qinwen did not participate in the warm-up match before the Australian Open like other girls in the women's tennis, she was still full of confidence after coming to the Australian Open. Regarding the current ranking of the world's fifth, Zheng Qinwen said bluntly that this ranking is still far from his goal, which is also understood by many people as that in addition to the world's No. 1, other rankings are no longer worthy of Zheng Qinwen's ambitions.

In this game against Sigmund, many fans and netizens in the live broadcast room were watching with a super relaxed mentality, because they thought that Zheng Qinwen would definitely win, so what was there to be nervous about.

But after the start of the first set, many people thought that Sigmund, who was fundamentally vulnerable in front of Zheng Qinwen, exceeded everyone's expectations, not only did not let Zheng Qinwen control the initiative of the game in his own hands, but also had the last laugh in the first set of the tie-break, taking the lead in giving the world fifth a dismount.

After losing the first set, it could be seen that Zheng Qinwen was very dissatisfied with his performance, and immediately applied to the referee to go to the locker room, by the way, thinking about how to play the next game, because he had been forced to the edge of no retreat, and if he lost again, it would be tantamount to directly announcing that his dream of winning the championship was shattered in advance.

Returning to the court, Zheng Qinwen played harder than in the first set, but instead of fluctuating, Sigmund's form was on a straight upward trend. Not long after the start of the second set, he beat Zheng Qinwen 3-1.

What makes Sigmund have to admire is that with such an advantage, her mentality is the same as her age, she is better than Zheng Qinwen, and she has always held the advantage firmly in her own hands. Especially in his own service game, he quickly got three match points, and although he wasted the first one, he still won the second match point smoothly without too many twists and turns in the match.

The moment he won, Sigmund immediately fell to the ground, and some people said that after playing for more than 2 hours, the 35-year-old German veteran was indeed tired and needed to rest and adjust. Some people also said that the fifth seed Zheng Qinwen was upset and eliminated, which was a splash of wealth, and it is estimated that such a result was something she had never expected before the game. More importantly, with this victory, Sigmund equalled his best record at the Australian Open.

After the game, many people in the live broadcast room couldn't believe their eyes, why was this the result. Zheng Qinwen does not lack confidence, the ranking of the first sister of China is enough to crush Sigmund, and the morale of coming to the Australian Open completely overshadows the German veteran, "How did Xiao Zheng lose." ”

Actually, you can't say that Zheng Qinwen played badly in this game, after all, he played a tie-break in the first set, and Zheng Qinwen has been fighting for the whole game. The reason for Zheng Qinwen's loss is that in addition to the lack of preparation for difficulties before the game, there is also a big problem with the ability to adjust the skills and tactics on the spot.

Looking back on the match now, Zheng Qinwen's confidence in this match was written on her face from the moment she appeared on the court, but Sigmund was clearly more cautious about this match, and the tactics were more flexible and executed quite perfectly.

When the German veteran found himself at a disadvantage in some areas, he quickly made changes. Methods such as hanging balls, surfing the net and cutting are used in turns, constantly interfering with Zheng Qinwen's rhythm on the bottom line. In this way, Zheng Qinwen has no way to deal with it. When Sigmund suddenly found himself with a chance to defeat the world's fifth Zheng Qinwen, of course, the more he played, the more confident he became, and the more daring he dared to take risks, it was not surprising that the Chinese sister lost in the end.

Of course, some people also pointed out another reason for Zheng Qinwen's loss, and his mentality collapsed.

The opponent pointed out that Zheng Qinwen should believe that she would win, but after losing the first set tie-break, her mentality has changed significantly. In addition, Zheng Qinwen was judged to have committed a foul due to overtime in the second set, and she did not treat this issue calmly, but expressed her dissatisfaction with the referee's theory because of this, which has already shown that Zheng Qinwen's mentality has completely collapsed. Since then, the balance of victory has tipped in Sigmund's favor.

However, Zheng Qinwen thought after the game that the loss had nothing to do with other reasons, because he was affected by his elbow injury and failed to play at a normal level.

After landing at the Australian Open, Zheng Qinwen seemed to have always believed in an interview that she could play well even if she didn't warm up enough, because when she mentioned this incident, she bluntly said that this decision was the right one. I really didn't expect that in the end, not only did not get close to last year's Australian Open runner-up result step by step, but was knocked down by Sigmund in straight sets in the second round, which is simply too big.

Of course, the second round of the Australian Open is nothing, and Zheng Qinwen has the opportunity to continue to prove himself in the Grand Slam arena, after all, the new season has just begun. At present, for Zheng Qinwen, with the instant world ranking has slipped to seventh, if he wants to hit the world No. 1 goal, he should really wipe away his tears and think about how to play well in other matches after the Australian Open.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)