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BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's future star Wang Yafan said on Sunday that she is looking forward to the match against Petra Kvitova in the second round of the China Open and expects to learn from the two times Grand Slam winner.
Wang, competing with wild card at this year's China Open, became the only Chinese player out of seven in total to make it to the main draw from the qualifying rounds. And she went on to beat another higher ranked player, Madison Brengle from the United States, for the second round on Sunday.
Talking about her next opponent Kvitova of the Czech Republic, Wang said: "I'd like to learn more from her. Of course I may not beat her since she's the Grand Slam winner, but I will try my best."
"Petra is an experienced player, she's in form after winning at Wuhan. I will focus on my shots, my game. I don't feel pressure facing her. What I need to do is just playing my game and taking my chance," added the 22-year-old.
Wang said the tough matches in the qualifying helped her feel more confident in the main draw actions.
"Now I like to compete with the top players. I like to play not that conservatively but play aggressively."
"As for the qualifying competition, I won those tough matches. The opponents were quite good. Maybe I had good luck during qualifying. But I played very well competing against them. So in a word some luck and also my level of play," said Wang, now ranked 140th in the world.
