Two days ago, I wrote a "The iconic figures who created the history of China's Golden Flower have their own shortcomings". Some tennis fans left messages asking me why I didn't talk about Peng Shuai. In order to meet their requirements, in this article, I will talk about Peng Shuai. I hope that all tennis fans can pay more attention to and support my article.
On March 28, Beijing time, Kyrgios defeated Italy's Fognini in two sets, a victory that brought him to the round of 16 of the Miami Masters. At the recent Indian Wells Masters, Kyrgios reached the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, he lost to Nadal and failed to go any further.
The day before, on March 27, Naomi Osaka received Mukhova's retirement and also reached the round of 16 of the Miami Masters.
In 2014, Kyrgios beat Nadal at Wimbledon to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. At the beginning of the year, he was only ranked 183 in the world ranking, and by September, his ranking had risen to 51. This increase in speed can be said to be sitting on a rocket. At the 2015 Australian Open, it entered the top 8 again. That same year, Kyrgios also reached the Tour final, his first Tour final. This year, he also beat Federer at the Madrid Masters, and at the end of the year, he drew a successful end to the 2015 season with a top 30 result.
In 2016, in the Hopman Cup final, the Australian green team combined with Kyrgios and Darya Gavrilova defeated Ukraine 2-0 to help Australia win the championship trophy in the event after a gap of 17 years. This year, he won his first tour title, becoming the first post-95 player in ATP history to win the championship. In 2016, Kyrgios also won two Tour titles and reached the Masters Final Four. Many tennis enthusiasts are optimistic about his future, thinking that he can become the next Hewitt.
Compared to Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka's career was more brilliant. In 2018, he broke through to the final of the US Open, the first tennis player in Japanese history to reach the women's singles final of a Grand Slam. In the final, she defeated Serena Williams in straight sets to become the first Grand Slam women's singles champion in Japanese history.
In 2019, at the Australian Open, Naomi Osaka once again reached the final with a strong opponent. He eventually won the championship and became the first Asian player in history to reach the top of the world singles world. In 2020 and 2021, she won consecutive US Open and Australian Open women's singles titles. With four Grand Slam titles, he tied Belgium's Jim Cristers, becoming the first Asian women's tennis player. With such a record, many tennis fans are optimistic about Naomi Osaka's future.
However, it was surprising that Kyrgios only made a splash in 2017, reaching the Masters final. Since then, his record has deteriorated, and for a time the ranking has even fallen out of the top 100. The encounter of Naomi Osaka is also lamentable, in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, it was eliminated early in the third round, and since then, whether in the 2021 US Open or the 2022 Australian Open, Naomi Osaka fell in the third round. At the just-concluded Indian Wells Masters, he won only one game and swallowed the egg in the second round. During the match, Naomi Osaka was verbally attacked by some spectators in the stands, and could not help but burst into tears after the game.
As early as 2005, China's Jinhua Peng Shuai refused to renew his contract with the American Tennis School, and also made a request to the national team to fly alone, thus triggering a storm about bonuses, which affected his personal career a lot, and missed many games. At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, when Peng Shuai's mother entered the security check, because the volunteers asked her to open the bag for inspection, Peng Shuai's mother slapped the volunteers for this, causing an uproar. In 2018, Peng Shuai was banned for three months, plus a three-month suspension, and fined $10,000, plus a $5,000 fine, for allegedly violating the anti-corruption provisions of tennis matches. Today, Peng Shuai, who has won four gold medals at the National Games, and successfully defended his title, entered the final four of the US Open, and partnered with Xie Shuwei to win the Australian Open and French Open championships.
All three tennis players have more or less had certain problems. This kind of problem is not so much a strength as a psychological problem. Perhaps aware of this problem, Naomi Osaka began to seek help from a psychotherapist, while Kyrgios directly found a psychotherapist as a girlfriend.
With the help of a psychotherapist, Naomi Osaka gradually regains her former state. At the Miami Masters, it won two consecutive games to reach the round of 32. He then reached the round of 16 with Mukhova's retirement.
Kyrgios, with the comfort and encouragement of his girlfriend, also began to gradually get out of the predicament. The Indian Wells Masters were strong opponents in their league and reached the quarterfinals. In the match against Nadal, he also won a set. At the Miami Masters, he faced Russia's famous Rublev and passed the game. In the just-concluded match, Kyrgios defeated Italy's Fognini in two straight sets. All this shows us that Kyrgios, who once defeated the Big Three, may really come back
When tennis players compete in tennis tournaments all year round, they will receive attention from family, friends, countries, tennis enthusiasts and other aspects. Under these concerns, it is inevitable that there will be requirements for achievements. Under this requirement, many tennis players will inevitably be overwhelmed and psychologically unbalanced.
Because of this situation, some people will even disappear early. I sincerely hope that psychotherapists will appear in the coaching lineup of all tennis players as soon as possible. I believe that their appearance can allow more tennis players to recover in time and find themselves.
I also hope that more Chinese athletes will not be like Peng Shuai, because of psychological problems, leaving a series of negative news. I hope that they can, like Zhang Shuai, break out of their own piece of the sky and leave their own footprints in the Chinese tennis world.
(Source: Tennis House Author: One Heart Resident)