www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Sports
Home / Sports / Tennis

Chinese tennis star's fame shines spotlight on opponents

By Sun Xiaochen | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-01-15 15:44
Share
Share - WeChat
Germany's Laura Siegemund (L) shakes hands with China's Zheng Qinwen after the women's singles match on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan 15, 2025. [Photo/Agencies]

Zheng Qinwen is such a popular star in the professional tennis world that brands coveting the Chinese star's huge exposure have set sights on her opponent.

Halfway into her second round match against Laura Siegemund at the Australian Open, fans watching TV at home on Wednesday morning captured an intriguing tiny detail on the German veteran's attire — a newly-added logo of what apparently seemed a Chinese brand on the chest of her dress that wasn't there two days ago during her opening-round match.

Zheng's surging popularity, and the attention that comes with it, has made almost everything and everyone around her, and even against her in Wednesday's case, marketable to potential sponsors.

Yet, fame comes at a cost and the reigning Olympic champion learned it the hard way as Zheng suffered a major upset at the hands of Siegemund, who stunned the world No 5 with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win at the John Cain Arena that put an abrupt end to Zheng's attempt of repeating her final run last year.

Zheng, who's had a breakout second half in 2024 anchored by an Olympic gold medal in Paris, admitted that she's not 100 percent opening the new season.

"I got some small issues (with my right elbow) after the WTA Finals. I was even discussing with my team if we have to come to play the Australian Open or not," Zheng, who lost to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in last year's final, confessed at the post-match news conference on Wednesday.

"I carried the pain with me at this tournament. I felt it sometimes in a shot, and to contain it, I had to cut short my practice sessions. So yes, it affected my game," said Zheng, who skipped all the warm-up tournaments before the season-opening major this year.

China's Qinwen Zheng in action during her second round match against Germany's Laura Siegemund in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Jan 15, 2025. [Photo/Agencies]

With her surprising defeat to last year's finalist, Siegemund, who entered this year's Australian Open at No 97, has won more than just the 70 ranking points and nearly $180,000 prize money for making into the third round at the Melbourne Park.

Little known in China before Wednesday, Siegemund now has made her presence felt in the emerging tennis market and has earned an endorsement deal, at least for a day, from a Chinese company.

"I knew I had to play more than my best tennis," Siegemund, who is expected to rise to top-80 with the victory over Zheng, said in her on-court interview.

"I had nothing to lose, so I just told myself to swing freely. (Zheng) is an amazing player, just one of the best players right now.

"But I know that I can play well and I just wanted to show that to myself and make it a tough fight."

Most Popular

Highlights

What's Hot
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 日韩制服诱惑 | 大陆老太xxxxxxxxhd | 日韩一区二区视频在线观看 | 日本不卡一区二区三区在线观看 | 99国产精品视频久久久久 | 日本理论片午夜论片 | 国产97视频在线 | 又粗又爽又色男女乱淫播放男女 | 国产成人精品女人不卡在线 | 久草视频播放 | 成人免费观看国产高清 | 久久精品在线视频 | 日本韩国三级在线观看 | 色网址在线观看 | 国产丶欧美丶日韩丶不卡影视 | 91福利国产在线观一区二区 | 亚洲精品第一第二区 | a毛片在线观看 | 欧美精品网站 | 国产成a人片在线观看视频 国产成版人视频网站免费下 | 国产a一级毛片午夜剧院 | 成人在线一区二区三区 | 性欧美巨大的视频 | 亚洲一区二区三区高清 | 成人毛片免费网站 | 久久91综合国产91久久精品 | 亚洲在线观看视频 | 免费播放aa在线视频成人 | 找国产毛片 | 亚洲成 人a影院青久在线观看 | a一区二区三区视频 | 毛片免费观看网址 | re久久| 男女男精品视频免费观看 | 亚洲欧美日本在线 | 欧美一级欧美一级高清 | 国产网站黄色 | 亚洲成人免费在线 | 免费亚洲网站 | 国产精品高清免费网站 | 一级视频在线 |