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Australian Open: “I could have done much better,” regrets Zheng, beaten in the final by Sabalenka

“I could have done a lot better than that,” regretted Chinese Qinwen Zheng on Saturday after her defeat in the final.

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Australian Open: “I could have done much better,” regrets Zheng, beaten in the final by Sabalenka

“I could have done a lot better than that,” regretted Chinese Qinwen Zheng on Saturday after her defeat in the final. “It’s really a shame for me, because I really wanted to show more than that,” she said at a press conference.

Qinwen Zheng, 15th player in the world before the start of the Australian fortnight, did not exist against the power of the Belarusian, 2nd in the world and who retained her title in Melbourne. “First, when we play against her, I think it's important to win her service games, because she also has a very good serve, but I didn't manage to do that, especially at the beginning , being led 2-0,” explained the woman who was playing her first Grand Slam final there.

Broken at the start of the first and then the second set, Zheng Qinwen always chased the score, in vain. “Obviously, she is very aggressive, but I have to resist better in the exchange, and at the same time be as aggressive as her,” she added. I think Sabalenka is one of the most difficult opponents I have faced,” she believes, while the Belarusian had already stopped her in a major tournament, in the quarter-final of the US Open in 2023.

The Chinese will enter the Top 10 for the first time in her career on Monday, where she will occupy seventh place. “Maybe I need to work more on my tennis, but also on the mental aspect, on myself, to be able to manage these moments,” she says. It must be said that the Chinese was more than unexpected at this stage of the competition.

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