Peng maintains Olympics more exciting than Wimbledon
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July 4, 2012, Wednesday
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CHINA'S Peng Shuai said the Olympic tennis tournament will be much more exciting than Wimbledon as it is a one-off special with national pride at stake.
"It's more exciting and it's also more pressure because it's not like a regular tournament," she said.
"Every year we have large events, every year we have four grand slams. But this one is different and it's on grass rather than hard courts, so you never know what could happen."
Peng will be back at the All England Club later this month preparing to play her part in the London 2012 Games. She was beaten in the fourth round at Wimbledon in a 6-1, 6-7 (8/6), 6-3 defeat to 17th seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia on Monday. But she believes she will be in better shape come the Olympics, which starts on July 27.
Peng, Zheng Jie and Li Na are all in the Olympic singles draw. Peng and Zheng will team up for the doubles, while Li will compete alongside Zhang Shuai.
The Chinese No. 3 is looking forward to transforming a large house in the plush Wimbledon area into the headquarters for China's Olympic tennis dreams.
"Maybe we will stay in Wimbledon village because the Olympic Park could be an hour and a half away. So because we will play singles and doubles I think they will rent a house and everybody will stay in the village - it's closer," she said.
Peng is weighing up whether to play at Stanford in California before the Olympics or go back to China and rest.
"It's more exciting and it's also more pressure because it's not like a regular tournament," she said.
"Every year we have large events, every year we have four grand slams. But this one is different and it's on grass rather than hard courts, so you never know what could happen."
Peng will be back at the All England Club later this month preparing to play her part in the London 2012 Games. She was beaten in the fourth round at Wimbledon in a 6-1, 6-7 (8/6), 6-3 defeat to 17th seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia on Monday. But she believes she will be in better shape come the Olympics, which starts on July 27.
Peng, Zheng Jie and Li Na are all in the Olympic singles draw. Peng and Zheng will team up for the doubles, while Li will compete alongside Zhang Shuai.
The Chinese No. 3 is looking forward to transforming a large house in the plush Wimbledon area into the headquarters for China's Olympic tennis dreams.
"Maybe we will stay in Wimbledon village because the Olympic Park could be an hour and a half away. So because we will play singles and doubles I think they will rent a house and everybody will stay in the village - it's closer," she said.
Peng is weighing up whether to play at Stanford in California before the Olympics or go back to China and rest.
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