In 2021, the Sohu Sports video program "From 2008-2022" Olympic Interview is launched. The new issue of "From 2008 to 2022": Chinese elements in winning the US Open. Sohu Sports senior reporter Guo Jian talked with Cao Yaqi, deputy editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, and Lu Yan, director of the Sports Department of China News Network. So, what views did they express?

The 2021 US Open women's singles final came to an end. The 18-year-old British Chinese rookie Emma Raducanu defeated the 19-year-old Asian player Leila 6-4, 6-3. Fernandez, with a record of not losing a set along the way, became the first qualifier to win the US Open women's singles championship since the Open era, and the first British Grand Slam women's singles championship since 1977.

The British media "Sky News" mentioned that if Raducanu continues to have smooth sailing, she is expected to be "as famous and successful as Rihanna." Richard Buck of the M&C Sports and Entertainment Department even predicted that Emma Raducanu will be as famous as Rihanna in the future. If she can become a business owner, she is expected to earn hundreds of millions of dollars and become the next generation of tennis. An absolute superstar. A marketing company told "The Sun" that Raducanu's smile alone is worth 3 million pounds!

Lu Yan, director of the Sports Department of China News Network, said: "In my impression, after Gu Ailing signed two more endorsements after the Tokyo Olympics, Raducanu, first of all, is very young, so As an athlete, or as a Grand Slam champion, from image and temperament to idol quality, they are actually excellent. If we talk about commercial development, we will definitely get better feedback, because just now Teacher Cao was analyzing Laduca When talking about the impact of this model on Chinese athletes, we actually think about a question, that is, we are now in a state where professional and professional sports are in parallel, so which one is better and which one is worse, professional sports and professional sports? In fact, it is difficult to judge this in black and white, saying that this is good and that is not good. In fact, the mechanism of our previous traditional professional sports can actually guarantee more results in terms of results. In terms of talent selection, these sports are paid for by the state or a reputable unit. The state is the sponsor of the athletes. You can do it on as large a scale as possible. Go up and select the talents. After the selection, we will try our best to develop these good seedlings. It can be said to be screening and then training. For example, my children do not practice sports. In fact, my children practice folk music. Extracurricular classes themselves have a very similar process. For example, the school’s extracurricular class teacher will look at the classmates and feel which classmate is likely to have this kind of performance or talent, and will invite you to perform. Train, and then combine it with the child's wishes to see if she has the original intention."

The British Chinese genius Radu Kanu won the women's singles championship at the US Open, and the famous British media "Daily Mail" immediately published it. In an article about Raducanu's growth experience, the British media said that Raducanu has a particularly strong psychological quality. She has inherited her mother's characteristics well in this regard because her family is well off. Raducanu has been exposed to various sports since she was a child. , every year when I go back to Shenyang to celebrate the New Year, I play table tennis, and my level of table tennis is pretty good.

Cao Yaqi, deputy editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, said: "For Raducanu, I think not to be swayed by public opinion. This may be the most important thing, because after you reach such a position, it is easy to lead to The expectations of the outside world will be very high, because now, especially in women's tennis, we say it is a troubled time, and it has been in troubled times for many years, but until now, we have seen that Serena Williams has not said that she is retiring. Very many, probably in the last five years, from 2017 to now, a ***11 new singles champions have been born in these five seasons, so there is indeed a lack of a unified leader in women's tennis.

Well, some time ago, as Naomi Osaka still won back-to-back championships, he was often hailed as the only successor. However, it has indeed appeared recently that since winning the championship this year, his performance has declined, including some psychological problems. question, then maybe everyone now hopes for a younger player to replace Osaka Naomi, and we have to take into account that the current public opinion and media environment in the UK is actually favorable to her, and at the same time, the publicity is favorable , while expanding her influence, it also brought pressure from public opinion to her. So in this regard, I don’t want to be praised, but I need to understand my position clearly. How should I prepare for the game? How to study? You still have to stick to it. Of course, as you play more and more professional games in the future, you may temporarily give up your studies. That is another matter. But don’t be swayed by external public opinion. You may make such a decision. , there will be another wave of public opinion storm, and after two or three times, it is possible for Naomi Osaka to fall into the vortex of psychological pressure, which is the most detrimental to her development. ”

In the 2021 US Open Women’s Doubles final, the multinational combination Zhang Shuai + Stosur faced the American combination Gauff + McNally. Zhang Shuai + Stosur defeated Gauff + McKenna with a total score of 2-1 Li, the specific scores of the three sets were 6-3, 3-6 and 6-3. Starting from the Cincinnati match, she won an 11-game winning streak and successfully won the US Open Women's Doubles Championship. Zhang Shuai won the US Open Women's Doubles Championship for the first time in his career. , and also won the Grand Slam doubles championship for the second time in his career.

Lu Yan, director of the Sports Department of China News Network, said: "I have never dealt with Zhang Shuai, but in 2016, I was here. During the Olympic Games, we were shopping in the supermarket and saw a coach. Since we were all wearing the uniforms of the Chinese team, we went over to say hello and asked him which sports team he was from. After chatting for a while, I said that I was Zhang Shuai’s coach, so from that time on, I remembered this athlete. Although I didn’t have an interview or close contact with him, I had such a close feeling. In fact, we see many reports from the media or newspapers, and there is actually a character trait that everyone will mention, that is, Zhang Shuai is a "one-dimensional athlete" in quotation marks. From many websites, including newspapers, Including social media, this is actually mentioned. In fact, I think that this so-called single-mindedness is not necessarily a derogatory term when used on Zhang Shuai. Because many times, Li Na's high-profile era begins, in fact, just like Zhang Shuai, many times her achievements are not as outstanding as before. If there is no such single-minded persistence, or if there is no such single-minded persistence, she can be determined. If Aoyama doesn't relax, he may not be able to achieve consecutive Grand Slams. Especially when she was interviewed after the game, she actually thanked her partner. Her partner actually gave her support and encouragement from various aspects. This is also a sport without borders and a very international one. example. One is Chinese Zhang Shuai, and the other is Australian. So from this perspective, across countries, we can see that sports bring people the so-called power of unity, which can transcend international categories and skin color. ”

In fact, Zhang Shuai’s victory at the US Open was quite unexpected. Starting from this year’s Cincinnati tournament, Zhang Shuai returned to playing with Stosur. It was also from the Cincinnati tournament that Zhang Shuai started the winning streak mode. It can be said that this period was Zhang Shuai's happiest time.

At first, Zhang Shuai experienced 14 consecutive defeats in the Grand Slam singles main event, and he once had the idea of ??retirement. At that time, it was Stosur who kept encouraging her and persuading her not to give up and not waste her talent in tennis.

Sports Weekly deputy editor Cao Yaqi said: "Actually, we know that Zhang Shuai was once in college. It is more difficult to achieve a breakthrough in the Grand Slam arena. She once said that she wanted to discuss retirement or something like that? But instead, after making a breakthrough, his perseverance has brought about continuous leaps in performance, including now two Grand Slams, and the recent US Open in Cincinnati is equivalent to the Masters, and it is also of a very high level. I think it was very convincing to win two matches back to back, but she unfortunately lost the singles match.

Zhang Shuai should have been born in 1989. We will think that he was born in 1989 this year. He is 32 years old and has left a deeper impression on us this year. Su Bingtian and Zhang Shuai are both, so I mentioned just now that if you really love the same Sports, if you think you are talented in this area, I think you might as well stick with it for one or two more years, because with today's technological means, I think athletes can maintain a relatively high level of competition, which is much better than before. , then I think you really need to persist a little more and work a little harder. I think God is relatively fair and will give you such an opportunity to realize your dream and let you pursue your career. On the road, you will get a satisfactory result. This is what impressed me the most about Zhang Shuai. I think this is everything she has achieved, and this is what she deserves! Others may say, It would be great if I did this, but it’s actually because you didn’t do it like her! I think, really, if we think about it now, in the history of Chinese tennis, people like Li Ting and Sun Tiantian, when she won the Grand Slam championship in 2004, Li Ting should have been born in 1980, and now Zhang Shuai was born in 1989, in the 1980s , our tennis players are still standing on this stage, so should our new force work harder? Early on, let's also seize the class and seize power. "

Lu Yan, director of the Sports Department of China News Network, said: "Zhang Shuai's ability to persist can be attributed to her characteristics and acceptance of death, because sometimes it feels like a person is not very good at adapting, including in football. On the court, sometimes you have a hot temper, but if your performance is like Li Na, you may have a hot temper, and then naturally some people will come out to praise you, or some people will praise you from various angles and then change their tactics. , but your results are not as outstanding as Li Na's, including some conflicts with referees at the National Games before. Therefore, Zhang Shuai is still more accepting of death. He can persevere after the goal is set. It can be said that he is a person with strong execution ability. Of course, he did not participate in the National Games, so it does not necessarily mean that it is good or bad, and he cannot take what has happened. things, and then go back to the past things, we cannot say that because Zhang Shuai won this Grand Slam championship, we should play this or that. In fact, domestic players also have very good results, but What we need to pay attention to is that Zhang Shuai has been competing overseas for a long time under pressure. What if she does not achieve very good results? At that time, there will be another kind of discussion, and then they will criticize her, and you will be asked to go home, and then you will not come back to compete, and then you will go out to play, but you still have not made a name for yourself. Of course, this situation did not happen, but if it happened, would there be such a situation? Therefore, I think from public opinion, as ordinary fans and media, we should be relatively tolerant or tolerant towards athletes, because after all, with the benefit of hindsight, it may be possible to review it. If it were me, I would also choose how to how? But the problem is that when you get to that time, when you are asked to make a choice, it involves too many aspects, including money and interests. Therefore, it is actually quite difficult when it comes to your immediate interests. ”

The U.S. Tennis Open, the last tennis Grand Slam event of the year, concluded in New York. In the youth men’s singles final, the 16-year-old Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng, who participated as the top seed, won in the tenth set of the second set. He missed 4 set points in the game and eventually lost 0-2 to his opponent, failing to win his first Grand Slam youth singles championship.

Although he lost the game, 16-year-old Shang Chengcheng. He has still made history this season. He has reached the quarter-finals of this year's French Open, the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Junior Championships, and now he is the runner-up at the US Open, allowing the outside world to see the endless room for growth of the 16-year-old player.

Cao Yaqi, deputy editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, said: "I think it was in the past two years that I started to know that there is such a famous person, and after watching him play games and watching a few games, I feel that he is still talented and competitive, because He is ranked number one in the world among teenagers. This time he is also the top seed in the men's singles category of the US Open's youth group. He has been recognized by the industry. He has also played in professional matches. Although he lost this time, the loss was not ugly. Everyone has seen a lot of hope. He participated in three Grand Slams this year, and his results were better each time. This time he was the runner-up at the US Open. Before, he should have entered the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam, and then he entered the semi-finals. This time it was from his own experience. From a different perspective, step by step, along the way, it is actually much more solid.

We have learned from some of his introductions before, including some interviews, that he actually started playing tennis since childhood. What was the process like? It's about using the small to fight the big and carving out a bloody path. This is how we look at teenagers. The first two points are to pay attention to your age, and the other is when you change from a teenager to a professional, can you adapt to the adult group? It is really destructive to you. Whether you can withstand this kind of attack, I think it may also be a question mark for Shang Juncheng, that is, changing careers. In fact, I told him earlier. From now on What he showed during the game, I think he is indeed a developable talent with such potential, including many things he said in the interview, you can see that he is actually because of his training, competition, and environment, because he is very Mature, he will learn from many good athletes. For example, if you like a tennis player, you may imitate him in technical movements, but he won't. For example, if he thinks Djokovic's bottom line is very good, he will also study the details and discuss with the coach, and then Nadal How about it? How about Medvedev? He will communicate the details of their movements with the coach. Including when he talked about his parents, he clearly said that I learned from my father, such as this speed, and I learned some skills from playing table tennis with my mother, and he would compare them. I even remember him being interviewed and saying that Ebert is a men's doubles player who seems to be ranked less than the top 20 or less than the top 30. He is ranked relatively low. He will mention this person and say that he is actually in the rankings. When in front of the net, some people will use their brains to think and think how to play this ball is more reasonable, and he will study these. So I think that as a young player, he has the ability to think like this, and with some guidance from the coach, , and as his body matures, and he has such athletic talent and genes, I think I am more optimistic that he can do something in the future. But I think we should never set his tone too high at the beginning and say what we must do? I think, just step by step, he compares himself with himself. If you look at the three major youth competitions this year, which is good, then it is OK. As for when he really starts to turn professional, you have to wait for him to play for a while. The decision will be made after the game. Don't say from the beginning, hey, let's think about it now, can we win our first victory in a Grand Slam? Can it break through to new highs? I think it's really a little early to talk about this now. "

Lu Yan, director of the Sports Department of China News Network, said: "The poor performance of China's men's singles may be related to the breakthrough point we initially chose. I personally feel that our breakthrough point has something to do with the starting point? Because generally speaking, from the perspective of the growth of our professional sports, it is easier to achieve results in the selection of female talents, so maybe in the development of tennis or in an underdeveloped country, we can trace back to the early 1980s. Needless to say, in the early 1990s, female athletes made breakthroughs first, first participating in the Grand Slam, then playing in competitions, and finally reaching the Olympic Grand Slam, achieving more and more results. In fact, many of them are somewhat similar to the development trajectory of women's football or women's volleyball. Just like the women's volleyball team, they already have various honors, but the men's volleyball team has had a brief period of glory, but in fact, in recent years, the results are still not satisfactory. Do you think this is when the project was first developed? , female athletes can achieve results, and as a starting point, female athletes form a kind of inertia. In fact, the performance of female athletes is generally higher than that of male athletes, and the competition among male athletes is more intense. If we talk about resource investment or other guarantees, if the probability is the same, I personally may be more inclined to protect women. Athletes and female sports teams. "

In the ranking of Chinese men's tennis players, there are no Chinese athletes in the TOP100. Regarding this reality, we can't help but ask, why is the Chinese women's tennis world in full swing, but why is the Chinese men's tennis world so depressed all year round.

Cao Yaqi, deputy editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, said: "There are actually too many young tennis players in China, and their family situations are also different. But on the other hand, I would like to share with you that in youth competitions, even after achieving good results, how can we determine the quality? Especially what kind of performance is considered a success for a male tennis player.

Because we just mentioned Wu Yibing to everyone. Wu Yibing should be the double champion of the US Open youth men's singles and men's doubles in 2017. At the same time, at the 2017 Australian Open, there was another young athlete in China named Zhao Lingxi. He won a championship in the men's youth group. Going back to about 2004, it should be in the Australian Open youth group, our women's Sun Shengnan also won the championship. But after Sun Shengnan turned professional, we found that gradually, her particularly good results in women's singles and women's doubles were relatively few, and soon this person disappeared. If we talk about the names of Wu Yibing and Sun Shengnan now, many people may not know them. Because now I heard from a friend in Shanghai that he said that Zhao Lingxi, whom he met some time ago, has retired. He said that he was a coach in Shanghai, and that was only four years ago. Therefore, I think how do we characterize the performance of young athletes? It is also possible that some of our personnel management over the years, such as men's singles, including Wu Di, Zhang Ze, and Zhang Zhizhen, have all reached the first round of a Grand Slam, although they have not If they achieve a breakthrough, then we think these outstanding men's tennis players are successful? Still unsuccessful? Because a few years ago, there was an article on the official website of the app that introduced the living conditions of tennis players. It was probably between 200 and 250. His ranking is probably the same every year. When he is high, his performance may suddenly drop. Okay, that is, it can break through 200, and then it drops below 300. In fact, even if he relies on sponsorship bonuses from professional tennis, it feels a bit difficult. Including when he went to other cities to participate in competitions, the disposable supplies provided by the hotel were taken away every day. As long as he was playing competitions, all The free towels provided are all taken away, which is very frugal. Under such circumstances, he has been persisting. He did not have particularly good results, because he did not have a particularly good ranking. I don’t even remember it. He also insisted on his dream of professional tennis, because at the time of the interview , I remember that he is not very old anymore, he should be around 30 at least. That is very important for many of us who are engaged in different sports, not only tennis. Many of our athletes are in their early 20s, and after they really have no results, they choose After retiring, coming back as a coach, and changing careers, I will say that this example has given us a lot to think about. How do we view a profession's positioning of itself and the overall plan for its own development? Whatever path you stick to, maybe if you stick to it for two more years, you suddenly find that there is a transformation, so the possibility of transformation exists, but it is also possible that if I don’t stick to it for two years, I will switch to a coach, because we also According to interviews, some projects are willing to retire, which means that you can gain seniority as a coach earlier. After I retired at the same time, I had been working for a long time. For example, my coaching qualification certificate was already two levels higher than his, including salary and so on. This possibility is possible. So, I think when we discuss many fields and how do many projects develop? In fact, I myself can’t come up with a standard answer anyway. We can only share different cases with you. As for the choice, it is ultimately an individual’s choice, or an individual’s decision after negotiation within a certain environment. A choice, right or wrong, competitive sports, if you get results, you may be right, if you don't get results, you will be wrong, but if you don't get results, everything will be subverted. In fact, what I learned more from this kind of failure should be these experiences. Lessons, not just those who are successful, because many successes cannot be copied, but include all those who failed and many successful people, who have paid a lot, that is, training hard, overloading the training volume, and having no holidays. This is actually all The same, but after all, only a small number of people succeed. So for those who have not achieved such brilliant results, how should they pursue their own career path? In fact, the degree of professionalism is relatively high. I think we really need to do more of these projects. Think about it. If we look at table tennis, its development is relatively good. We have an advantage, which is equivalent to more overall, but we still have a lot of things that are actually not good at development. In fact, bad players will also consider many vital interests. This factor is that if there is a chance, I may feel that I have reached the age of 25. Should I not retire? So for teammates who have fought hard for two Olympic cycles, and he was already a coach at that time, for example, what qualifications did he have? Indeed, some of this aspect sounds a bit mixed.

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In the past decade or so, with the birth of popular Chinese tennis superstars represented by Li Na, and the increasing popularity and influence of tennis in China, hosting international tennis events has become a priority for many Chinese cities. choice. But on the one hand, it is increasingly difficult and costly to apply for and host international professional tennis events. On the other hand, China’s tennis population has reached 15 million. How to coordinate and lead the development of the growing Chinese tennis movement and achieve Chinese tennis competition? The level continues to improve, and competitions are the most important starting point.

Lu Yan, director of the Sports Department of China News Network, said: "I feel that for Chinese tennis ten years ago, when Li Na was the most popular, we When will there be another fire? At that time, we all analyzed that when Li Na won the championship, tennis schools were springing up like mushrooms after a rain. Various training institutions were actually very, very expensive. However, since Li Na retired in 2014, the development of the entire tennis has actually , in fact, as we expected, there was no second Li Na, or there were more and more sophisticated breakthroughs in tennis performance. I personally think that Li Na's situation is not necessarily the norm. Maybe the current situation is more normal or more in line with our level of tennis development. We may be in a certain situation. In a certain event or a certain game, there may be some better breakthroughs. We are even talking about doubles. Doubles is the starting point for breakthroughs in the event, whether it is girls or mixed doubles, but we might as well look forward to it in the future. Let’s take a look, can the men and women in our local Chinese group also run with small steps? We don’t want to become fat all at once, but every step and every footprint is solid, and every little bit of progress is important. If there are such extraordinary talents, or if there are very high-level athletes, it will of course be good news for Chinese sports fans, but we cannot count on this one project to rely on such extraordinary talents to conquer the world. If we don’t make small steps or even thousands of miles, one small improvement like Zhang Shuai’s, or for Chinese tennis, will make up the last piece of the puzzle for a Golden Slam in Chinese tennis. But over time, after all, tennis has a certain reputation in Europe and the United States. It has taken a long time to develop, but it has not developed very long in China. At least Chinese tennis should not disappoint the audience. ”

As China becomes more and more powerful, there are more and more areas suitable for nurturing tennis culture. I believe that after the development of tennis reaches a certain extent, there will be a breakthrough in depth, and it will become a widespread soil. , only when it is fertile can it breed excellent saplings.

Cao Yaqi, deputy editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, said: "We say that China now has many online schools, and we actually have more competitions now, but let you sort it out carefully. I found that there are more women's events, or more, because our women's tennis results are relatively better. I feel that with the increase in the number of our online schools and the further increase in tennis events, I also feel that we might as well hold more low-level events so that these young athletes have more opportunities to compete instead of staying on the training ground. I think if this is the case, it will be better for our overall development. Then I also hope that we can have more men’s competitions, that is, for men’s athletes. It is relatively difficult because there are few domestic competitions for male athletes. You can directly go abroad to compete. , firstly, the cost is indeed too high, and secondly, your points ranking cannot reach any high-level competition, and you always feel that there is no chance, no chance, then I think you need to take it step by step, and it is low-level. Comparatively speaking, the cost of competition will be less, so you will actually have more opportunities to practice. Slowly, we will be able to have some talents emerge from generation to generation. I think, don’t expect one person to completely change this project. We need several generations to form a group army, just like women’s tennis. Even though there are so many Grand Slams now, there are no women’s singles champions, but we have 5. If 6, 7, or 8 people are all ranked in the top 50 in the world, then we are a whole, and then another Grand Slam is just around the corner for us, not necessarily which athlete.

But if you are counting on one person and all the pressure is on him, once he shoulders this responsibility and thinks about this kind of pressure every day to compete, then I think even if he has the strength, he may not be able to perform, so as a whole Strength is the strength of your entire field. The strengths of all your people are added together and finally displayed through a certain competition. It is not that one person competes or a certain athlete reflects on your overall strength. I think this is a rising tide that lifts all boats. This principle should be generally confirmed in this movement. ”