Players will be taken to court! Gala atmosphere at Rod Laver Arena for the women’s grand final
Both tennis players, with an aggressive profile, They will look to take advantage of a ferocious first serve and they will be looking to take chances against the rest with second serves, as both the Chinese and the Belarusian will be looking for all means to prevent the rival from taking the initiative.
The tennis player trained by Pere Riba He is the player who performed the most direct services (48) since the competition started
Regardless of the outcome this Saturday, Zheng, who fell in the second round in the last edition, will climb to the sixth or seventh position in the worldso he will enter the top-10 for the first time in his career
On his way to the final, The Chinese player only faced tennis players outside the top-50a situation that has not occurred in four decades
Zheng was able to complement his beautiful shots, an innate quality, with the command instilled in him by Spanish coach and former player Riba, who began working with him when he was just 17 years old.
His rise as a tennis player, which began last season with titles in Palermo and Zhengzhou, was confirmed at an Australian Open that confirmed him as only the second Chinese player to reach the final of a major tournament. Her compatriot Li Na reached the final at Roland Garros (2011) and the Australian Open (2011, 2013-14)
The Asian, trained by the Catalan Pere Ribaachieved her first good result in a ‘slam’ competition last year in Flushing Meadows (New York), decisively falling against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals
In addition, the current champion at Melbourne Park He spent only six hours and 55 minutes on the trackwhich is a big contrast to the eleven hours and 34 minutes of his rival, the Chinese Zheng
If he succeeds, Sabalenka will be the first player to defend the crown from her compatriot Viktoria Azarenka, who lifted the title in the 2012 and 2013 seasons
The Belarusian has won eleven of the thirteen titles he has on his record on a hard court which increases his aggressive and fierce proposal, based on trying to finish the point in just a few shots.
In the semifinals, it was the first time he reached the tiebreaker game (against Gauff, 7-6(2) and 6-2)in a crash that served to avenge for the lost final against the girl from Florida in the final of the 2023 Australian Open
The big favorite for the match that starts at 9:30 am at the Rod Laver Arena is the Belarusian, who comes to the big event for the title after knocking out top-10 tennis players, such as Coco Gauff (4) or Barbora Krejcikova (9)in addition to winning 6-0 and 6-0 in the third round against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko (28), as well as a 6-0 and 6-1 in her debut against German Ella Seidel
Good morning! We’ll start live with the women’s grand final of the Australian Open facing the champion and world number 2, Aryna Sabalenka, and Qinwen Zhengseeded number 12 and will debut in a Grand Slam final
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Source: La Verdad
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