At 5 p.m. Beijing time on October 13 (today), the women's singles final of the 2024 Wuhan Open Tennis Championships will be staged at the pinnacle of the showdown, which will be broadcast live by Sabalenka VS Zheng Qinwen, CCTV CCTV5 channel will continue to broadcast live, and the attention of this game will not be less than the Chinese derby in the semifinals. If Zheng Qinwen wins the championship, it will be another championship honor full of gold after winning the championship in the Paris Olympics this year, and he can also gain 1,000 points and 3.71 million yuan in prize money.
In the semi-finals, Zheng Qinwen defeated Wang Xinyu 2-0, becoming the second Chinese player after Li Na to reach the final of a 1000-level event, and the first Chinese player to reach the final of a local 1000 tournament.
Now, Zheng Qinwen still has a chance to break this record, that is, to win the Wuhan Open championship and become the first Chinese player to win the championship in the local 1000 tournament, but there is a big mountain to climb ahead, which is his number one bitter master, Sabalenka.
According to statistics, Zheng Qinwen has been the loser in the past 3 meetings between the two, including the 2023 US Open 1/4 finals, 2024 Australian Open finals, and 2024 US Open 1/4 finals, all of which are Grand Slam tournaments, and they have no power to fight back against Sabalenka.
However, after the matches of the China Open and the Wuhan Open, Zheng Qinwen is not afraid of Sabalenka now.
Now, Zheng Qinwen has faced Sabalenka for the first time in a local event, first of all, he has a home advantage, and secondly, Zheng Qinwen has been in hot form recently, and it is the best embodiment to advance to the semifinals of the Chinese Open and break into the final of the Wuhan Open.
Before the game, Zheng Qinwen looked forward to the final against Sabalenka, and said bluntly: "The first point is that I must relax mentally, I just thought too much about it when I played Sabalenka last time, and I didn't really play my own form. First of all, you have to play your own style, and then you have to talk about tactics, if you can't play your own style, you can't achieve any tactics at all, and I hope that tomorrow I can play better than last time. ”