Among the many players in the tennis world, who is the most moving when looking back at the way they came? This person must be Zhang Shuai!

Therefore, when Zhang Shuai presented this sincere little essay to the public one year after his return from injury, everyone could deeply understand what kind of suffering she experienced in order to stand up again from the words of the Chinese veteran. Everything is as if I have experienced it myself, and I feel it deeply, which is what Zhang Shuai's little essay can touch people's hearts the most.

"Zhang Shuai suffered a 24-game winless streak in singles after his comeback in Dubai in February last year." The first sentence of Zhang Shuai's essay opened the door for everyone to witness the situation of the Chinese veteran after his comeback, and the sadness revealed in the words also dragged everyone's thoughts back.

remembers that at the beginning of 2023, after Zhang Shuai reached the top 16 at the Australian Open, many people still praised her, bluntly saying that she is still fighting so hard at the age of 34, and regards her as an evergreen pine in the tennis world.

I never thought that the top 16 of the Australian Open seemed to have exhausted Zhang Shuai's power, and he fell into the quagmire of consecutive defeats in an instant and couldn't extricate himself.

Because of the embarrassment of not being able to end the losing streak, and almost to the point that anyone can lose, it also blew up public opinion. Someone shouted directly to her that it was better to retire, and if she continued like this, she would only make herself more and more embarrassed; Some suggested that she should give up singles and focus on doubles, and maybe stay in tennis for a longer time; There are even more people who identify Zhang Shuai as the "fishing girl" in the tennis world because of her poor state and always fighting in singles and doubles, her eyes are full of money, and she doesn't care about the embarrassment of losing singles at all, and she doesn't care about anything for the appearance fee.

It wasn't until Zhang Shuai suddenly announced his retirement and rest adjustment before the US Open, that many people felt that the idea of treating Zhang Shuai as everything to look at money had indeed wronged the Chinese veteran. Because the first-round prize money of the US Open is notoriously high, even if you encounter a round, you can still take a lot of money. Zhang Shuai withdrew before the start of the US Open, which is equivalent to clarifying the misunderstanding of her in disguise.

When Zhang Shuai made a comeback from Dubai in February last year, although the women's tennis team was still competing, it had nothing to do with Zhang Shuai, and the singles ranking fell to outside the 700th, and almost no one was optimistic about whether Zhang Shuai could play back.

"When I came back a year ago, it seemed to have ranking protection, but in fact the ranking was already out of the clouds, when did my ranking fall outside 300 over the years, not 400, 500, 600, or even 700, at that time I really couldn't bear to look directly at my ranking and the state at that time." Looking back at those unbearable years now, it is normal for Zhang Shuai to feel this way, after all, there is no advantage in age, and the state is unbearable to look at, and whether he can come back has to put a big question mark. Seeing Zhang Shuai sings out this incident separately after the first anniversary of his comeback, some fans and netizens humorously said that Zhang Shuai described his ranking as cloudless, indicating that she is indeed the unbeatable Xiaoqiang, because at that time, some people humored Zhang Shuai, bluntly saying that her state and poor ranking after her comeback had already drifted to outer space. And Zhang Shuai was able to come back in the end, because her confidence in herself is like love for tennis, and she can do without anything except tennis. Such ruthlessness is very obvious in Zhang Shuai.

What Zhang Shuai has to convince is that even if the ranking has fallen to such a miserable place, even if she has suffered 24 consecutive defeats in singles, she will never give up, no matter how the outside world looks down on herself, she is the peach blossom that blooms forever in the spring breeze, always smiling.

Last year's China Open was a major turning point in Zhang Shuai's fate! When she suffered a round in the singles field of the Seoul 500, Zhang Shuai, who appeared at the China Open with her protection ranking, was thought to be about to lose 25 consecutive singles defeats in the Seoul 500 tournament, and some people boldly predicted, "It is estimated that it will be difficult for Zhang Shuai to end the embarrassment of losing singles until he retires." ”

This time, Zhang Shuai made the people who looked down on her very wrong! not only upset the strong Kessler in the first round, ending a 24-game losing streak in singles, but also reaching the quarterfinals all the way to the middle open.

After Zhang Shuai returns, how proud are the Chinese veterans?

"At a time when all singles ranking protection is almost exhausted; ended his losing streak at the China Open and entered the quarterfinals of the WTA1000 tournament with a record low ranking of 595 in the history of the tournament; At a time when almost everyone thought that Zhang Shuai's Grand Slam singles main draw was stuck at the 2024 US Open, the 'youngster' Zhang Shuai won the Australian Open wild card at the end of the year, and won a valuable Australian Open singles main draw wild card, and defeated Kessler, an American girl who had just won the championship in Hobart and had a hot hand in the first round of the main event. It can be seen that Zhang Shuai was really proud of himself when he mentioned his series of happy events last year in his small composition. Especially the 36-year-old Zhang Shuai doesn't feel that he is old, and calls himself a "young general", which also makes many fans and netizens can't help but scream for her, "Sister Shuai is really cute." ”

Zhang Shuai's summary essay on the first anniversary of his comeback from injury was released in Dubai, the place of his comeback last year, from which Zhang Shuai's intentions can be seen. Zhang Shuai swept the Italian girl Bronzetti, who is far higher than him in the world rankings, in the first round of the Dubai Qualifying Tournament this year, in just 70 minutes.

When summarizing his comeback year's report card, Zhang Shuai gave a set of figures, "In doubles, he has won the Grand Slam runner-up (US Open 2024), the Australian Open 2025 quarterfinals, the Seoul WTA500/Abu Dhabi WTA500 runner-up, the Guang Open WTA250 champion, and the Birmingham WTA250 runner-up. ”

Zhang Shuai was able to rebound strongly when his confidence was almost at the bottom, and he was able to improve his singles ranking from the original 700 to the current TOP200, and he could still compete for the championship and the runner-up in the doubles arena, and the Chinese veteran also gave the reason in the small essay this time.

"The stubbornness and unwillingness in my heart have always supported me, as long as I am alive, I will seek improvement, as long as I can still hold a racket on the field, I will fight, no matter what tomorrow comes, it doesn't matter if I win or lose, I just enjoy the process of fighting and fighting." Someone suggested that Zhang Shuai's words should be sent to all the Chinese Jinhua, as their motto to encourage themselves, Zhang Shuai for tennis, is no longer a simple struggle, but has already become a warrior, combat effectiveness is always full, how can such Zhang Shuai not succeed! If others can be like this Chinese veteran, what else is impossible!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)