{"id":889358,"date":"2026-09-12T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/889358\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:52:16","slug":"chinas-newest-tennis-star-sun-facing-familiar-foe-in-third-junior-grand-slam-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/889358\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s newest tennis star Sun facing familiar foe in third junior grand slam final"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newest tennis star in China said she wanted to be like Zheng Qinwen and hoped she could play against the Olympic champion on the professional tour one day, after reaching the US Open girls\u2019 singles final.<\/p>\n

Sun Xinran beat Chukwumelije Clarke of the United States 7-5, 0-6, 6-1 to reach the final, where she will face fifth seed Russian teenage girl Anna Pushkareva.<\/p>\n

New York is the third grand slam final for Sun this year, after reaching the last two at the French Open and Wimbledon, but she has yet to win a title. The Chinese star lost to Pushkareva in London two months ago, despite being a set up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no expectations any more. I\u2019ll just play as if I\u2019m going to lose,\u201d Sun, the top girls\u2019 seed, said. \u201cI\u2019ve already lost twice already, and tomorrow\u2019s opponent is the same one I lost to at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know her very well. She plays exceptionally well too. So I\u2019ll just try my best to play my best tennis and see if I can do better than last time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SunSun Xinran Sun is into her third grand slam final. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sun, who is 16 and started playing tennis a decade ago because her mother loved the sport, possesses a maturity beyond her age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newest tennis star in China said she wanted to be like Zheng Qinwen and hoped she could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[459008,64,63,459006,20336,1805,2636,10268,459009,68138,1025,459010,13433,85,459005,747,1751,459007,749,375681,2637,136926],"class_list":["post-889358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-anna-pushkareva","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chukwumelije-clarke","tag-elena-rybakina","tag-french-open","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-kazakhstan","tag-li-na","tag-madison-keys","tag-new-york","tag-orange-bowl-international-tennis-championships","tag-shenzhen","tag-sports","tag-sun-xinran","tag-tennis","tag-us-open","tag-wang-xiyu","tag-wimbledon","tag-womens-tennis-association","tag-wta","tag-zheng-qinwen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}