Australian Open finalist in 2024, Qinwen Zheng of China (world number 5) She admitted this Friday in Melbourne that she “took a long time” to recover from her loss to Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.currently number 1 in the world.
“That final brings back a lot of good memories for me, but it’s also a bit sad because I didn’t take my chance,” said the Olympic champion two days before the start of the 2025 edition of the season’s first Grand Slam (January 12 -26).
“Even so I can say I wasted my chances.I feel that I could have done better», added the Chinese player, who She was swept in the final by Sabalenka 6-3, 6-2.
“So It took me a while to recover from that loss.. But at the same time, I learned a lot and every time I play with him (Sabalenka)getting better and better,” said Zheng Qinwen, who almost won the WTA Finals in Riyadh last November before losing in the final to American Coco Gauff, world number 3.
«I don’t think about the past, I focus on the present», insists the 22-year-old player. As for Sabalenka, “it’s hard to say when I will beat her. I want to focus on my first round“, that will play against Romanian classified Anca Todoni (110th). « I am among the five best, but I’m still far from where I want to go.», Zheng Qinwen declared, without specifying the nature of his goals.
“I am a difficult boss” for those around him, the Chinese admitted. «I always felt that my training was not enoughabout what Is there anything I can do better?. “I have to have that mentality to become a better player,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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