Zheng Qinwen suddenly changed his coach! The reason is exposed, which may affect the Australian Open
On November 25th, Beijing time, Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen, who was training in Spain to prepare for the new season, suddenly received unfavorable news. According to a report by Spanish newspaper Marca, Zheng Qinwen suddenly replaced her Spanish head coach Perreriba, who had coached her for one year, and was replaced by Argentinian Bottini. Bottini will accompany Zheng Qinwen in the Australian Open starting in January next year.
Many fans are also curious, why did Zheng Qinwen change the head coach at a critical moment?
Judging from the revelations in “Marca”, Zheng Qinwen’s change of head coach is also a helpless move. The reason is that Perreriba needs to undergo hip surgery due to injury problems. The surgery and recovery time will take at least 3 months. In early January next year, the Australian Open will officially begin. As the first race of the new season, Zheng Qinwen obviously pays special attention to it. Finally, after team negotiation, Argentinian Bottini was hired to temporarily coach Zheng Qinwen.
It is understood that Perreriba’s injury is an old problem. An accident in 2018 caused him to suffer a hip injury, which ended his playing career prematurely. After becoming a coach, Perreriba’s most successful coaching experience was coaching Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen. This year, Zheng Qinwen’s performance achieved a qualitative leap. He reached the Australian Open finals, WTA year-end finals finals, and Wuhan Open finals for the first time, and won the Paris Olympic gold medal for the first time. Under the influence of Zheng Qinwen, Perreriba has also become a very familiar head coach to Chinese fans.
However, Zheng Qinwen’s change of head coach this time is only temporary. The two will continue to work together after Perreriba recovers. After all, it is very rare for an excellent player to meet a head coach that suits him. And both sides have achieved so many good results.
As for the Argentinian Bottini who is temporarily coaching Zheng Qinwen, some fans should be familiar with it. Because he once coached Chinese tennis player Shang Juncheng! The two worked together for a year and ended their cooperation after last year’s US Open. The main reason is that Shang Juncheng’s father, Shang Yi, is a football player and always participates in every detail of training, which makes Bottini difficult to accept. It can be seen that Bottini is also a relatively strong head coach.
For Zheng Qinwen, a sudden change of head coach at this time will definitely have a certain impact on the Australian Open early next year.
The first is that Zheng Qinwen is under great pressure to maintain points at the Australian Open. In this year’s Australian Open, Zheng Qinwen reached the finals and scored a total of 1,300 points. If Zheng Qinwen wants to keep this point, he must reach the finals again. Once you only advance to the semi-finals, you will face points deductions.
Currently, Zheng Qinwen is 139 points ahead of Lebakina in the WTA rankings and 4 points behind Paolini. This is a very subtle difference. The rankings of the three players may change at any time after the Australian Open.
Secondly, Zheng Qinwen may also face some challenges in communication. As mentioned before, Bottini is a coach with a strong personality and does not allow his training content to be interfered with. Zheng Qinwen’s character is also very strong. What she wants is obviously to continue Perreriba’s coaching style as much as possible. This requires both parties to maintain communication as much as possible! If Bottini can make breakthroughs in Zheng Qinwen’s shortcomings, such as first-serve success rate, then it will be a big gain for Zheng Qinwen.
Published in: Beijing
