In this Australian Open women's singles final, the winner will take away the first Grand Slam trophy and the world's first title, while the loser still can't get rid of the embarrassment of "zero Grand Slam". Wozniacki took away the Grand Slam, and Halep could only take away the embarrassment from the Australian Open.

2018,654381October 27th, the top seed of the tournament, Halep, missed the Grand Slam trophy for the third time. 6-7, 6-3, 4-6 ... In the confrontation with the Danish "sweetheart" Wozniacki, Halep who went into battle with injuries was like an "invincible Xiao Qiang". At one point, she even dragged her opponent into the deciding set and regretted losing at the last minute.

After stepping off the field, Halep lost the title of No.1 in the world, but she is still full of confidence in her future. "If she can win the championship in the end, it would be great. But I believe that as long as I continue to work hard like this, I can win more opportunities in the future. "

This is the battle of "one sister" in the world.

Halep has many similarities with Wozniacki, who is one year older than her. Both of them are defensive and counter-attacking players, good at running on the court, and also the most resilient and diligent players in the women's network.

Both entered the grand slam finals for the third time. Earlier, Halep won the French Open runner-up twice, and Wozniacki reached the US Open finals twice, losing to Clijsters and Serena respectively. Serena withdrew from the Australian Open because she was pregnant and gave birth, and the women's open returned to the hegemony situation. Almost all the seed players have the chance to become the new queen and the world's number one, and Halep and Woz are undoubtedly the two most favored.

As the world's number one and number two players, Halep and Wozniacki have not played many times before. After only six meetings, Halep was at a disadvantage, with 2 wins and 4 losses.

Psychologically, Ha Mei, 26, has no advantage. Since the 20 15 Stuttgart Open, Halep has lost to Wozniacki three times in a row, and last year he suffered two consecutive defeats and was "swept away" by his opponent.

Although Wozniacki won the WTA year-end finals last year, Halep's performance this season is obviously better than his opponent's. Before the Australian Open, Halep was 5-0 and Wozniacki was 4-0/Kloc-0.

In this close game that tested each other's minds, Halep was broken by his opponent at the beginning of the game, and the number of unforced mistakes also increased significantly, which may be the reason for the previous foot injury.

However, the strong "Ha Mei" then recovered the score and chased the game to 6-6 in the first set. Unfortunately, Halep was not as determined as Woz in the tiebreak and soon lost the first set.

Played two sets of "dying" hard battles.

Although both of them escaped the match point of their opponents on the way to promotion, Halep obviously played harder than Wozniacki, and she experienced two "dying" games. In the third round match with Davis, the top seed experienced a "bitter battle" of 3 hours and 44 minutes, successfully resolved his opponent's three match points and achieved a thrilling 15- 13 in the deciding set.

"This is undoubtedly a very, very hard game." Halep said in an interview after the game, "I'm dying, but it's worth playing such a wonderful game." I thought that "if you live, you will have a happy future". Unexpectedly, Halep's semi-final opponent is Germany's "first sister" Kohlbel, who ranks first in the world and whose status has soared recently.

Before coming to Melbourne, both of them held a record of total victory. Halep won the Shenzhen Open, while korbel, the 20 16 Australian Open champion, was crowned at the Sydney Open. This season, the two best female players met, and the game naturally became a classic battle. After a fierce battle of 2 hours and 20 minutes, Halep won the long final again and once resolved his opponent's two match points.

It took Halep too much energy to "survive" from two bitter battles, and she also had to worry about the hidden danger of spraining her ankle in the first round. In the next six games, in order to fulfill her dream of the Grand Slam, she insisted on playing with injuries.

"Seriously, the Grand Slam is more important than the world number one. That's my dream. " In the interview after the game, the little girl, who is less than 1.7 meters tall, showed firmness and persistence in her eyes.

I feel inferior because I lost the French Open.

Halep's persistence comes from her inner pain and inferiority. Last year's French Open runner-up left an indelible impression on Halep, but in a good situation, she unexpectedly lost to Ostapenco, a teenager of 1997, and achieved the coronation of the new "king of the ball".

"I think it really hurts me. I need some time to be quiet. " After the defeat, Halep's frustration was beyond words, and she even lost confidence in playing on the court for a time.

"In the competition, I am often influenced by myself, and my inferiority will keep coming. Before the game, I will be anxious, even so nervous that my stomach hurts. Sometimes I don't believe I can do anything. "

When he came to Melbourne, Halep also analyzed the reasons for his "unbalanced mentality" at that time. "I'm not afraid of losing, but instinctively resist losing. I refuse to accept that my opponent is better than me on the court, so I always push myself to the limit. "

Looking back on last year's mixed performance, Halep has learned not to be stubborn. "The most important lesson I learned last year was to be kind to myself. For a while, I paid too much attention to the results and got lost. Now, I am beginning to learn to be confident. "

Halep, who is back, can be called a "fighter" in this Australian Open final. Under Woz's rock-solid defense, Halep dodged the opponent's break point again and again, and even won the second set when he was unwell.

In the sultry weather in Australia, the fierce competition caused physical problems for both sides. Even Wozniacki, who could easily finish the marathon, asked for a medical pause in the subsequent deciding game.

Even so, Halep will catch up with the score again and again after falling behind again and again. Her persistence and tenacity may be that the fans at Rodlaval Stadium are willing to keep shouting "Come on Simone!"

Lost the final, but took off the hat of "parallel imports"

For Wozniacki, who became famous at a young age, Halep was undoubtedly a late bloomer. The former became the number one throne in the world eight years ago, while the latter did not achieve this achievement until the second half of last year. In the 20 17 season, Halep ranked second in the world for a long time, but failed to hit the world number one in women's singles four times. Some people even joked: "The flowing water is the best in the world, and Halep is made of iron."

When she hit the world number one for the fifth time, Halep succeeded. But "Ha Mei" is still considered a bit watery by many commentators, because she is not only a "zero slam", but also the year-end first with the lowest score in recent nine years.

Halep is very indifferent to these doubts from the outside world. "If you win the first place in the world, people will say that you don't have a grand slam. And vice versa, so you can never beat them. In my opinion, they are all very important. "

As Ha Mei said, "I am like a diesel car. It was slow at first, but later it became faster. "

Halep, 26, is in her prime, and she will have more opportunities to hit the Grand Slam trophy in the future.

After all, she has won the Grand Slam runner-up three times in her career, won the singles title of 16, and beat Serena Williams, who was the world's number one at that time, 20 14. In fact, the hat of "parallel imports" should have been taken off long ago.

For the future, Halep said that he will still move towards his dreams. "If he can win the championship in the end, it is natural. If I lose, I believe that I can win more opportunities in the future as long as I continue to work hard. "