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贴一下昨天南华早报家族企业峰会郑钦文的报道part的英文原文,采访问题好多之前都被问过,但似乎这次的答案又丰富了一点。
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It is not often three Olympic gold medallists and Hong Kong’s greatest athlete are gathered in a room together to discuss mental strength, sacrifice and what it takes to win, so when the opportunity arises you listen.

The first day of the Post’s Family Business Summit closed with a panel featuring China tennis star Zheng Qinwen and Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey chatting with moderator Joe Tsai about their journeys to the pinnacle of their respective sports.

And just for good measure, Chinese twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi, who won gold in both the duet and teams events in artistic swimming in Paris, were in Saturday’s audience at the closed-door event at the Island Shangri-La.

That all are driven to succeed is a given, but what motivates them is as different as the “number of forehand techniques” Zheng said there were on the WTA Tour.

As an 11-year-old, she could not understand why others did not see her future as a tennis great as clearly as she did.

“Tennis was my dream, because since I was 10 years old I knew my final dream was to be in a [grand] slam, to try and reach as far as I can,” the world No 5 said.

That single-mindedness has propelled the 22-year-old to become the first woman from Asia to win Olympic gold, and the first player from China to make the knockout stages of the WTA Finals since Li Na in 2013, as well as taking her to her first grand slam final.

It has required sacrifice, though. In a solitary sport, where you have to win five matches a week to win a tournament, friends have not been easy to come by for someone so focused on success.

“When I was a junior, if I beat my friends, they would get upset with me, because the one who lost, of course, you feel sad,” Zheng said. “So, little by little, I realised you can never make friends on tour.”

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Things are different for Zheng. Growing up she wanted the serve of Roger Federer, the mentality of Rafael Nadal and the forehand of Novak Djokovic, until she realised that was impossible.

“In tennis, we don’t have to do it perfectly every day,” Zheng said. “We just have to find a way to beat the opponent.”

The off-season will give Zheng a chance to figure out how to beat her Australian Open final conqueror Aryna Sabalenka, an opponent she has yet to get the better of.

“Before, I didn’t watch too many of her matches, but right now, I like to watch every single one, because I am so obsessed to find a way how to beat her, because I feel it’s kind of the most challenging for me,” Zheng said.

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