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She is Paris Olympics' new queen but China 's Zhang Qinwen just prefers to be humble about it instead of being the new star of tennis China 's Zheng Qinwen is overcome with emotion after she beat Croatia’s Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3 in the women’s singles Olympic final at Roland Garros on Aug 3. - PHOTO: Reuters
At the post-match press conference, she said: “Before today, when people called me ‘Queen’, maybe I would still humbly respond, ‘Don’t say that’. After today, knowing how significant and how hard-earned this gold medal is, maybe I don't mind so much . But there is still such a long way to go. I'm hoping to win more titles."
There was an ill-tempered 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-1 win over American Emma Navarro in the third round followed by a 6-7 , 6-4, 7-6 quarter-final victory to send former German world No. 1 Angelique Kerber into retirement. After that came the tremendous one-sided win over Vekic in the final. History was made and 'Queen Wen' has completed her journey.
Zheng said: “Li Na will always be Asia’s first Grand Slam women’s singles champion, and now I’m the first Olympics singles champion from Asia. I have also created history and I still have a long road ahead to win Grand Slams. I also want to reach my full potential and become a better player. “If you want to go to Wuhan, we’ll try to find a better coach for you,” he told his then eight-year-old daughter.
“Li won her first grand slam, and I started thinking, ‘Oh, the Asian players can also do something in tennis. This is such an international sport’,” Zheng said last summer. “He is a classic on the court and even now I still watch his videos,” Zheng said. “Of course, Djokovic and Nadal are amazing. I try to learn from them.”Zheng lives in Barcelona to train with Pere Riba, and has seen her ranking rocket through the years, from No 794 to world No 7.
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