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CHINA OPENOctober 1, 2019Zheng SaisaiBeijing, China ZHENG SAISAI/S. Stephens 6-3, 6-1 THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. What do you think you did well in today's match? ZHENG SAISAI: I served pretty good today for the first serve, the angles. I was serving okay today. Gave her little bit pressure. Not like last two match, I didn't actually serve well. I always start second serve, so she start to move me first. This is different compared to last two match. I change little bit strategy to play against her because my coach tell me last two match what I did not so good. I was able to turn it around today. I was happy I can execute good. Q. Tomorrow you're scheduled to play the No. 1 ranked woman in the world. How do you prepare for a match like that, what is your mentality going into it? ZHENG SAISAI: For sure is going to be a tough match. She's No. 1 now. I really like her game. Big serve, all-court player. She can slice, volley, serve and volley. It's going to be tough. I will talk to my coach to get some strategy and plan. Hopefully I can play well, like, compete with her, yeah. THE MODERATOR: Questions in Chinese. Q. After the US Open I heard you were not feeling well physically. You withdrew from Wuhan. How are you feeling now? ZHENG SAISAI: Well, I was feeling tired at that part of the season. I was forced to withdraw from Wuhan regretfully. Days after my last match, I stayed in my room for three days, didn't move, didn't go out for meals. I was resting a bit. That was very helpful for the match in the China Open. I was able to move better, so it was a good decision to best a little bit. Now physically I'm feeling good. I will be fresh for the match tomorrow. I will do my best to fight against the world No. 1 tomorrow. Q. It was the same opponent, the second round last year. What kind of strategy did you take to win this match? ZHENG SAISAI: I played her in Madrid this year. I won the first set, then lost two sets in a row. Well, I'm playing better. I learned a lesson from last year, from previous matches, mentally speaking. It's the national day. I'm sure you have all watched the military parade this morning. When I was practicing this afternoon, I felt a lot of pressure. I really didn't want to lose on this special day. The first game of the match, I felt the balls were really flying very fast. Then I slowly got into my game and was able to execute my plan for today. I hope to continue like this. Q. You played Barty in Wimbledon. You said she is a tough opponent for everyone in the field. What would you learn from the match? What kind of changes would you make compared to the match at Wimbledon? ZHENG SAISAI: I'm not in a position to disclose my plans now because she would know (laughter). I would learn from previous matches. Last meeting I need some things to improve on. I need to improve on some parts. I need good methods, strategy, as well as good serves. Then I would have the chance to fight against her. Q. After the match you ran to your coach, celebrated together. Did you talk to your coach? Today is a national day, so you are presenting a gift. How are you going to celebrate? ZHENG SAISAI: This is the best national day ever, with a victory, my first time into the third round of the China Open. I didn't play a good game in the first round, not really good performance in the doubles yesterday. I felt a lot of pressure. Well, I felt like I had nothing to lose today. I did not want to regret my performance on such a special day. My mom was here in the stands. It was a gift to my motherland as well as my mom. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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