After six defeats and tactical changes, Zheng Qinwen talked about the secret of Sabalenka's victory: beating her shortcomings

Rome is indeed the blessed land of Zheng Qinwen, everything is really possible! When Zheng Qinwen defeated Sabalenka 6-4 and 6-3, many people were happy that the first sister of China finally succeeded in climbing the mountain, and they also made such an exclamation!

Due to the fact that Zheng Qinwen has been fighting Sabalenka six times before, it is difficult to find a win, so that this time the two met in the quarterfinals of the Rome 1000 tournament, and the Chinese sister was judged to have lost in advance before she appeared on the court.

In addition to many fans and netizens who believe that Zheng Qinwen may swallow the seven-game losing streak against Sabalenka, the latest odds offered by the bookmaker to win the championship are also extremely unoptimistic about the Chinese first sister, and they have opened 1 to 16 and 1 to 2.05 for Zheng Qinwen and Sabalenka respectively.

In the face of the outside world's serious depreciation, Zheng Qinwen's mentality is completely different, and he said in an interview, "Patience and stability are the ways I have found to win." In addition, this fight was on clay, and it was Zheng Qinwen's absolute strength, and some people bluntly said at that time that Xiao Zheng had such confidence, obviously everything was ready.

Judging from Zheng Qinwen's performance in the first set, she did implement the combat strategy of "patience and stability".

Although Sabalenka was still strong and put a lot of pressure on the Chinese sister at the beginning, Zheng Qinwen did not panic as before, but maintained enough patience to maneuver with the world No. 1, making as few mistakes or no mistakes as possible, and then looking for a chance to win with one blow. After Zheng Qinwen withstood the pressure, he finally found an opportunity to capture Sabalenka and broke the world's No. 1 serve in the fifth game.

It was with this only break and a more stable performance later that Zheng Qinwen took the lead 6-4.

At that time, seeing Zheng Qinwen have such a brilliant performance against Sabalenka for the first time, it also made the fans and netizens in the live broadcast room slowly change their previous views on Zheng Qinwen. Some people said that if Xiao Zheng continues to fight like this, it is really possible to break out the biggest upset of the Rome 1000 tournament in the end and give the world the first defeat.

The reason is very simple, Zheng Qinwen and Sabalenka played before, even if the two of them fought in three sets, but each time Sabalenka took the lead in winning the first set, and Zheng Qinwen was the side under more pressure, and this time the situation was completely reversed, so naturally Zheng Qinwen's confidence was very different.

And so it is! After winning the first set and becoming the side that took the initiative in terms of the big score, Zheng Qinwen's confidence in the second set rose like a tide.

While Sabalenka had not recovered from the loss in the first set, Zheng Qinwen took the lead with a 2-0 lead in a row. Even though Sabalenka fought back frantically, Zheng Qinwen did not make a mistake as before, and kept the advantage until the end, thus winning the second set 6-3 and ending the battle in one fell swoop.

Seeing that Zheng Qinwen finally defeated the other party in the seventh match with Sabalenka, the fans of the first sister of China said with emotion that they had finally waited for this day, "This win is too morale-boosting." ”

With this victory over Sabalenka, Zheng Qinwen made a major breakthrough in Rome for the first time: he reached the semi-finals for the first time!

"One of the things I didn't do well before was that I always wanted to fight against her strengths, but now, like Tian Ji racing, I'm going to fight her shortcomings, not against her good parts, which is probably the smarter point I'm playing now." After defeating Sabalenka, Zheng Qinwen couldn't hide his excitement and joy, and directly announced the secret of being able to successfully climb the mountain of Sabalenka this time, that is, with the blessing of patience and stability strategy, he also focused on the weakness of the world No. 1 to make himself successful.

In addition, Zheng Qinwen also highlighted another crucial reason for finally beating Sabalenka in the seventh meeting, "I think the best performance today was the start, because in the first few times I faced her, I lost serve too easily. So today I started well and I couldn't just throw away the first few games too easily, as I did the previous times. So the fight went into a more stalemate and that was more in my favour, because I was better at playing the long rounds than her. Because her style of play is more inclined to one serve and the connection after that. ”

Zheng Qinwen won Sabalenka in two sets on clay in Rome to avenge the previous six defeats, and the Chinese first sister's sentence after the match, "I do think that the performance on clay will be better than her", also confirmed the pre-match Some people's views on this key battle, that is, the first time they met on clay, it was indeed Zheng Qinwen's best chance to beat Sabalenka, and finally the Chinese first sister did it.

After losing to Zheng Qinwen in two sets, Sabalenka was unable to replicate Swiatek's back-to-back titles in Madrid and Rome last year, which made people feel sorry for the world No. 1.

However, the world No. 1 was still comforted by many people, allowing her to quickly forget about this defeat and rest well to prepare for the French Open!

Although the victory over Sabalenka has made some fans of Zheng Qinwen have already shouted their goal of winning the title in advance, the next big test for the Chinese sister continues, and she will compete with American Gauff for a ticket to the final in the semi-finals. Gauff is also an opponent that Zheng Qinwen has never defeated before, and this time the first Chinese sister can still cause an upset and continue to break the curse of invincibility?

In this regard, some people say that Zheng Qinwen directly posted after defeating Sabalenka that "the mountains and seas can be flat", so let's wait and see!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)