Super eighty percent of netizens thought that Zheng Qinwen would be swept by Saba, and the first sister reluctantly said that there was no reference to play Saba

Just last night, China's No. 1 Zheng Qinwen and world No. 1 Sabalenka both defeated their respective opponents in the quarter-finals, which will be the seventh meeting between the two in their careers.

How would you describe last night's game? Hey, roller coaster. Although Zheng Qinwen won the first two rounds of the Rome match, the overall performance was not satisfactory, especially in the last round against Fletcher, the first-serve goal rate in the first set was pitiful, and the first-serve goal rate in the first five games was less than 10%, but fortunately, the opponent Frye was not very aggressive and finally passed smoothly. However, in last night's game, although Zheng Qinwen's state has improved, but after 3-0, the situation on the court has changed abruptly, once facing 4-5 behind, and facing multiple handicaps, fortunately, Andreescu did not have a strong serve, and the bottom line has been passively picking up the ball, which gave the Chinese sister a chance to breathe, and then turned the tables.

Judging from the three matches in Rome, the ups and downs of the performance of the first sister of China in the first set are quite large, which still exposes her old problems: first, she is not sensitive to key points and a serve in the key game, and there is no way to guarantee her first-serve goal rate in this situation; Second, the return technique still needs to be improved. In these three rounds, the opponent used the moon ball technique as a way to restrain the Chinese first sister, and she almost responded passively with a stable return, in fact, she needed to make the opponent completely lose control of the pace of the match by enhancing the rush to return the serve and the pressure in front of the net; Thirdly, there is a lack of change in the pace of the game, and there are considerable ups and downs. Taking yesterday's game as an example, although Zheng Qinwen also had highlight performances such as putting small balls and hitting the ball under her crotch in the game, there were too many ups and downs in the game, and she often suddenly dropped the line and concentrated unforced mistakes, which was also because her technical mode relied too much on spin and power, and lacked a lot of transition balls and small skills, which led to her game being very extreme.

After commenting on these three games, let's talk about this match against Sabalenka. According to the schedule, the match is expected to start in the early morning tomorrow, so the Chinese sister still has a day to prepare. Looking back on Sabalenka's performance this year, in fact, her form has not been stable, losing to Keith in the Australian Open final, early exit in the Middle East season, Indian Wells losing to Andreeva in the final, and Stuttgart losing to Ostapenko in the final, it can be said that in these matches, they all provide a good idea to beat Sabalenka.

Judging from Sabalenka's performance this year, the main thing to beat Sabalenka is to rely on two aspects: on the one hand, if you can directly form a force suppression like Ostapenko or Keith, you can mobilize Sabalenka, so that she keeps hitting the ball on the run, which is indeed a good method; On the other hand, if you can be like Andreeva or Alisandrova, with strong serve firepower cover, and at the same time be able to balance continuous defense and stable counterattack, Sabalenka can also be overwhelmed.

However, about these, China's first sister Zheng Qinwen also took it into account, she mentioned her thoughts about facing Sabalenka for the first time on clay, "I watched a lot of Saba games, for example, the classic Gauff defeated Sabalenka in the US Open final, maybe when Gauff was defending, Sabalenka was really messed up and unstable, and there were a lot of mistakes." ”

She continued, "I also saw Ostapenko play against her, Ostapenko is a pure player, Sabalenka has no way to do it, in fact, she is also a very peculiar player, I am also wondering how she can play like that, and beat Saba to the point where there is no way to do it." But I think there is really no way to learn from her style of play, because this is too much to eat the feel of the day, but the stability is not very strong. Then Andreeva vs. Saba, and Sabalenka's own mistakes were more. So I think I still have to be myself first when dealing with her, and try to keep my side playing at a normal level. And then, let's see what kind of play she played on the day she fought against her. ”

Obviously, the implication of the Chinese sister is that although the way to beat Sabalenka can be found through the review of many matches, considering that each player has a different understanding of tennis, it cannot be used as a reference. However, for Zheng Qinwen, this match is definitely a new kind of pressure, because this is the first time she has met a player who is attacking with all her strength on the way to Rome's promotion, and her previous opponents have almost always been passively beaten, relying on Zheng Qinwen to play by himself.

For such a game, at present, the odds are also more optimistic about Sabalenka, and in the social media vote, Sabalenka's support rate is more than 8%. Obviously, for the current wavering and ups and downs of China's first sister, it is still too difficult to climb the mountain. Still, let's wait and see!(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)