The 2024 Australian Open was unique for Chinese fans.
对中国球迷来说,2024年的澳大利亚网球公开赛是与众不同的。
As ten years ago, Li Na became the first Asian player to claim a Grand Slam crown at Melbourne Park,
十年前,李娜成为了第一位在墨尔本公园夺得大满贯冠军的亚洲选手,
and a decade later, a younger compatriot followed in her footsteps to the final.
十年后,李娜的一位更年轻的同胞,追随着她的脚步,杀入了澳网决赛。
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to reach the Australian Open final in a decade to start what is just a 21-year-old's third season competing in Grand Slam events.
郑钦文成为了十年来首位杀入澳网决赛的中国选手,而这也才是21岁的郑钦文第三次征战大满贯赛事。
She reached the round of 16 at the 2022 French Open, and was a quarterfinalist at last summer's U.S. Open
在2022年法国网球公开赛上,她进入了16强;在去年夏天的美国网球公开赛上,则是进入了四分之一决赛,
before claiming this winter's first spot in the title match at Melbourne Park after sweeping past Dayana Yastremska in the last four.
而在今年冬天,在四强赛上横扫了达雅娜·雅斯特雷姆斯卡之后,郑钦文获得了在墨尔本公园角逐冠军的一个席位。
The former WTA Newcomer of the Year won her maiden title on the circuit in Palermo this past July and claimed her first 500 Level title at home in Zhengzhou three months later,
去年7月,这位前WTA年度最佳新人在巴勒莫赢得了她的首个冠军,三个月后,在主场郑州,她又夺得了第一个500级别赛事冠军,
with her world ranking set to rise from lower than 600th place at the end of 2019 to the top 10 on Monday.
她的世界排名也从2019年底的低于600名,上升到周一的世界前10。
Having made her Grand Slam singles final debut at 21, much younger than Li, who did so at 29,
这是郑钦文首次杀入大满贯单打决赛,此时的她才21岁,而李娜实现这一成就时已经29岁,
Zheng says she has a lot to learn and a lot of time to do it, with her rapid growth offering up plenty of good reasons to believe in her future.
郑钦文表示,自己还有很多要去学习的、还要花很多时间去取得成就,而她的快速成长,让她有充分的理由相信自己的未来。