After defeating the Chinese girl Sun Lulu in two sets, Zheng Qinwen's supporters finally breathed a sigh of relief: The first sister broke the curse!

Zheng Qinwen, who made his debut at the Indian Wells 1000 tournament this year, even though he defeated two-time Grand Slam champion Azarenka in his debut in two sets, ending a three-game losing streak in the new season, the outside world is still skeptical that the Chinese first sister can pass the hurdle of Sun Lulu.

The defeat at Wimbledon last year by a Chinese girl was only one of the reasons, but more importantly, Zheng Qinwen's victory over Azarenka has always been considered to have a certain element of luck. There are two reasons for this: first, Azarenka is not in good form this time; The second is that she is 35 years old, and her starting and movement speed have dropped very significantly. Zheng Qinwen's victory over such an opponent is inevitable, and if he loses, it will be a big problem.

But this is not the case with Sun Lulu, who faced the Czech girl Noskova in the last round, and judging from the performance of sweeping her opponent in two sets, she is in great shape. Originally, Sun Lulu had a psychological advantage, and now that she is online, whether Zheng Qinwen can pass the test is naturally full of suspense.

Moreover, when the expert group of the famous "Tennis" magazine predicted Zheng Qinwen before the game, they pushed the first sister of China to the top of the list of upset female players with high votes, and other relevant media also believed that Zheng Qinwen was likely to be sad in the first two rounds, which made people who cared about the fate of Zheng Qinwen feel worried, and I don't know if the first sister of China can break the curse that the outside world is not optimistic about her through the first two rounds.

I don't know if Zheng Qinwen already knew that the outside world seriously valued him, and he wrote the goal of revenge on his face from the beginning of the game. And Sun Lulu chose to be tough, and the atmosphere in which no one on the field was convinced by anyone also pushed this focus battle to the climax from the beginning, which made the fans and netizens in the live broadcast room addicted.

Although the first set was played extremely fiercely and the score was in a stalemate, fortunately, as the game continued to advance, in the face of Sun Lulu's pressure, Zheng Qinwen still stabilized and took a thrilling 6-4 lead.

At that time, seeing Zheng Qinwen fighting so hard, some people shouted, as if they saw that Xiao Zheng, who shouted for the country at the Paris Olympics last year, could play for another three hours, came back. This kind of hard work also allowed Zheng Qinwen to take the lead of 2-0 in the second set.

However, the lead of the first sister of China did not last long, and was soon broken back by the tenacious Sun Lulu, and the two returned to the same running line.

After that, the trend of the game was even more exciting, Zheng Qinwen wanted to win the game quickly, and Sun Lulu wanted to tie the big score and advance the game to the deciding set, making this focus battle enter the break war mode.

What is surprising is that in the fifth game, when Zheng Qinwen risked a small ball to save Sun Lulu, he accidentally slipped and fell heavily to the ground, and his knee broke and bled at that time.

Just when everyone thought that this little episode would not be an important turning point in the whole game, seeing that the injury did not seem to affect Zheng Qinwen, the supporters of the first sister of China were relieved. In the end, Zheng Qinwen also directly refused to play the deciding set with Sun Lulu, locked up the victory in the second set 7-5, and defeated Sun Lulu 2-0 with a big score, realizing revenge for last year's Wimbledon loss.

After the game, many people were discussing this game, and bluntly said that they didn't expect Zheng Qinwen to fight so hard, it seems that people have been forced to a desperate situation, and when they will fall out of the top ten in the world at any time, it does stimulate Zheng Qinwen's fighting spirit to a certain extent, even if he fights bloodily, he is not willing to surrender easily.

When everyone praised Zheng Qinwen's revenge spirit, they also felt sorry for Sun Lulu.

Sun Lulu played very well in this game, although hard court is not her strong point, but tearing it like this with Zheng Qinwen, who is good at hard court fighting, also makes people see the great progress of this Chinese girl on hard court during this time. The final loss to Zheng Qinwen is not that Sun Lulu's strength is inferior to China's first sister, but it is just a little worse in terms of key points and opportunity grasping.

"I always remember last year's Wimbledon defeat and I don't forgive myself and that's why I've always pushed myself to play better. I'm very happy today that I won this race because I made up for my mistakes and went so far in Indian Wells for the first time. After the game, Zheng Qinwen admitted frankly that she blamed herself for her loss at Wimbledon last year, and this time against Sun Lulu told herself that she must play this game well, which also explains why the Chinese first sister fought from beginning to end, and finally reaped a good result.

After defeating Sun Lulu, seeing Zheng Qinwen passing the two hurdles of Azarenka and Sun Lulu, fans of China's first sister bluntly said that some people said that Xiao Zheng was sad about the first two rounds, and now he has finally broken this curse, "The next performance is even more exciting." ”

In the fourth round, Zheng Qinwen will compete with Ukrainian beauty Kostyuk for a place in the quarterfinals. The two have played each other twice before, with one win each coming out to draw a draw. The first time was in Montreal in 2023, where Zheng Qinwen fought hard in three sets to win; The second time will be in Stuttgart in 2024, and although Zheng Qinwen also played three sets, he unfortunately lost the match.

Therefore, this one-eighth final was also ridiculed by fans and netizens as still a battle of revenge. From the point of view that Zheng Qinwen's state against Sun Lulu is still a little unstable, the outcome of this game against Kostyuk is still quite unpredictable, everything depends on who is more stable and dares to start at a critical moment, who can have the last laugh!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)