Zhang Ning
Zhang Ning
Zhang Ningis a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008. She has played badminton on the world scene since the mid-1990s and has been particularly successful since 2002 while in her late twenties and early thirties, relatively late for singles at the highest level, and especially for top players in the Chinese system who are developed very early. She is known for her...
ProfessionBadminton Player
Date of Birth19 May 1975
expected fast ghana man result sent team
The result was what we expected that was what we set out to do and we succeeded. Ghana are a very good, fast team and if they didn't have a man sent off the field, we would have had much more trouble.
expected result
The result was what we expected ... that was what we set out to do and we succeeded.
bit careful chinese cup defend matches people team thomas tough
People say that we can defend the Uber Cup while it's a bit tough for our men's team to defend the Thomas Cup. But we, the Chinese women, just do our best. We have our matches once in two days. I must be careful not to get an injury.
exchanges played though three
Even though I played three games, I don't feel tired, ... There were not a lot of exchanges on the points.
against knew player singles style team trained
Her style is a lot like a men's singles player but we have trained against our men's team so I knew how to play her.
both mentally perfectly
I did perfectly well today, both mentally and technically.
expect goal reached
We've reached our goal and now we expect to keep on moving.
both control good played
We both played well, but I didn't have good control of the rhythm.
experience far learning players specific taking
We have no specific expectations about how far we will go now. We just want the players to keep learning from the experience of taking part in these international matches.
acceptable string tank top
It is acceptable to me. The tank top is all right, just not the string top.
although bigger points satisfied won
Although I won, I'm not satisfied with my play at all, I should have won it by a bigger points differential. I was not speedy today.
bird flu seen southern
I think there has been bird flu in some southern places. But I haven't seen anything on TV.
lucky peru reckon
I reckon we were lucky to win. Peru had the better chances,
best biggest competition defend determined percent played team
I played my 100 percent today. This is the biggest team competition in the world. I'm determined to do my best to defend the Cup.