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Published: January 18th, 2022,
Last updated: January 18th, 2022

New Chinese tennis hope: 19-year-old Zheng Qinwen celebrated her first victory in a Grand Slam tournament on Monday night. She defeated Belarusian Alyaksandra Sasnovich in three sets at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Reaching the second round earns Zheng prize money of $140,000, well over double what she has earned so far in her career. China’s tennis fans can thus hope for a new star after 35-year-old Peng Shuai had to abruptly end her career a few weeks ago following her allegations of sexual assault against a senior party cadre.

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