I feel this Olympic Gold medal can make me relax, because finally I can be able to say to my family, to say to my father, “Come on, I just made a history.” So in the future, I wish if I lose, I will say this to him, and he will just let me stay quiet and enjoy tennis. Because I know he always treat Olympic Games more important than any of the slams.

I think all the Chinese fans think so, including me. Because you can see the strength I have in this tournament, the behavior, the eyes, the hunger I have, is different than all the other tournaments that I played. I wish in the future I could enjoy tennis more, play more relaxed and have some fun on court.

I remember when I entered to the Australian Open final, I have a lot of nerves. I feel my legs were super heavy. I could only perform to like the 50% of my level in that final. But in this final, it was different, even the match with Swiatek, who I have never beaten before. My body was tired after a lot of fights. I've been through five matches already. But the match against Iga [Swiatek], I feel like I had a lot of strength inside of me. If I need to stay for three hours and run and fight against her, I could do it.

Even in this final I jump on a court. I know exactly what I have to do. I know every shot, I have every answer. And I know in the worst case, I’m just gonna fight like I did all the other match, because I know ... cause if you talk about shots, I had better shots than [Donna] Vekic. I know it. But in the final, it's not just about shots, you know, because Kerber has a worse shot than Serena, but she's able to beat Serena in the slam finals.

Today, I think the most I achieved is my mental strength. The journey I had in Olympic Games wasn't easy. It's not like the other players. They won in two sets. I had lots of tough fights.There were a lot of matches that I almost lost. I remember I was 0-2 down in the second set against Navarro. 1-4 against Kerber. 0-4 in the second set against Iga Ewiatek.

But there is a strength holding me behind that I just feel I never give up during the games. I don't know why, because in usual match, maybe I just let the match go away. But for this Olympic Games, I just hold and hold and keep fighting, and finally I made it. And especially to beat a match against Swiatek, that means a lot to me, because I have lost against her six times. And finally, right now, I have beaten her in the Olympic Games, one of the most important tournaments for me.

For the final today, the atmosphere was incredible from the Chinese crowd. They were yelling for me. If I was only 19 years old, two years ago, I would have felt this as pressure. But after two years experience, when I stand again, when all the crowd cheering for me, yelling in Chinese, which is I understand every word that they say. Sometimes it's not easy when lots of information is coming into your head. But today, I handled it really well. I just keep calm, always knew where my position was, and I knew that in a good way. Um, I'm so happy with my mental stability today.

I didn't watch too much of the Beijing Olympic Games, because I was only six years old. And I started to play tennis when I was seven years old. But, Roger Feather is always been one of the first idols for me. The way that he plays is soic. And I feel that nobody can arrive in his level. People trying to copy him, even me. I watch his video. I study his technique, his tactics, his motions. It's just that he’s too good. One day I really want to speak with Roger and let him teach me some tennis and tell me about some of his experiences.