2026年7月17日晚的雅典，WTA250公开赛女单1/4决赛打到第一盘第3局结束的时候，没人觉得郑钦文会输。
Photo: VCGA 120‑kilogram man lost 20 kilograms on an AI‑devised diet plan, yet the same algorithm, unable to gauge his physiological limits, contributed to multiple organ failures that sent him to the ICU and brought him to the brink of death, domestic media outlet Sichuan Daily reported.
Chen is a 34-year-old content creator whose job requires him to routinely stay up late and maintain a high-fat, high-salt diet. This unhealthy lifestyle pushed his weight up to 120 kilograms, which prompted him to lose weight.
After conducting online research, Chen turned to an AI tool to devise a "scientific" weight-loss plan. The algorithm recommended that he climb stairs for 90 minutes every day and play badminton twice a week, with each session lasting for two to three hours. It even instructed him to keep exercising without pause, even if his clothes were completely soaked in sweat, Sichuan Daily reported.
On the dietary front, the AI‑generated plan prescribed two eggs, half a steamed bun, and a glass of milk for breakfast; 75 grams of beef and 75 grams of vegetables for lunch; and a single serving of yogurt for dinner.
Forty‑five days into the plan, Chen had shed 20 kilograms. Yet after catching a cold, he continued his workouts, a decision that soon landed him in the emergency room. By the time he arrived at the hospital, he had become incoherent and subsequently slipped into a coma, according to the report.
Test results confirmed that Chen was in septic shock, a severe systemic inflammatory response triggered by infection, which subsequently led to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, Sichuan Daily reported. "Had he been brought in a few hours later, he might have been beyond rescue," the physician said.
Medical intervention pulled him back from the brink. Still, he was baffled as to how a supposedly scientific approach could have nearly cost him his life.
Cao Lianghai, deputy director of the intensive care unit at the treating hospital, said Chen's chronic sleep deprivation had already weakened his immune system's self‑regulating capacity, adding that extreme calorie restriction further suppressed immune function, while excessive high-intensity exercise triggered persistent inflammatory responses, pushing his immune system toward collapse.
The combination of strenuous exercise and fasting led to severe dehydration, which in turn triggered an acute kidney stone attack, said Cao. This caused a blockage and a urinary tract infection, ultimately culminating in a systemic inflammatory response, he added.
"AI can calculate calorie deficits, yet it cannot gauge the true physiological limits of the human body," the doctor warned.
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二 | 3-0，她的开局。两个发球局全保，还破了对面赛会三号种子克雷吉茨科娃的发球局，收那局的时候飙了个ACE，球砸在底线内沿，弹起来都没过网带。郑蹲下来系鞋带的时候，把拍柄往鞋底敲了两下，蹭掉点红土灰，抬头看了眼对面的克雷，对方正弯腰系护腕。对面是拿过两座大满贯冠军的捷克人，世界排名比郑钦文高89位，之前两次交手郑全胜，最近一次是去年年终总决赛半决赛，也是直落两盘赢的。
三 | 接下来两盘的剧本，连写网文的都不敢这么编：先领先的永远是郑钦文，先被翻的也永远是郑钦文，最后总比分0-2（4-6、4-6），无缘四强。
四 | 第5局郑钦文本来30-0领先，克雷忽然换了打法，反手削了个带侧旋的短球，落点卡在发球线和单打边线的夹角，郑冲上去够，拍面压早了半帧，球飞了。下一分克雷又削，这次更浅，郑的脚步慢了半拍，挑高球被对面直接扣在场地空当，30-30。再下一分郑的一发偏出边线，双误，破发点。二发软，克雷正手抽直线，破发。3-2，刚才还攥在手里的优势，两分钟没了。第7局更顺：郑又是30-0开局，又是被连续追分，最后一分抛球偏高，发球直接下网，再见双误，3-5。后面她保了非保不可的第8局，没能再破回来，第一盘4-6。这盘郑的一发成功率只有39%，全场打完也才48%，对面克雷是65.2%。39%是什么概念？ WTA巡回赛里球员的一发成功率基准线是55%，低于45%就已经要靠二发硬扛了，39%相当于每两个发球局就要丢一个，要不是克雷今天非受迫失误也比平时多，这盘根本走不到4-6。第二盘开局又是郑先破发，2-0。郑2-0领先的时候，克雷叫了次短暂停，回来之后就开始把节奏往慢了拖，不再跟她对拉平击，转而用反手切削长短交替，偶尔放个短球逼郑上网。郑的平击打法本来就吃节奏，对面一慢一快变着来，她的相持球越打越急，给的失误越来越多。中段克雷回破把比分扳到2-2，后来抓了郑又一次发球波动，把比分拉到5-3，郑保了一局追到4-5，没能力再破回来，第二盘又4-6。这场之前郑对克雷的两场球，2023郑州WTA500决赛，2024年终总决赛半决赛，都是郑赢的，年终那场她还打了一个"谢谢，再见"的经典镜头。
五 | 这次输，真不是说克雷超常发挥，是郑的几个老问题又冒了。慢旋切削的球，她现在确实应对得不好。
六 | 克雷本来就是双打起家的，反手切削的变化是刻在肌肉记忆里的，郑的站位习惯是等球弹到腰部高度再发力，这种飘着的削球弹起来矮，还往场外拐，她要么抢点抢不到，要么拍面压不住，起球质量一差，对面就有机会抡制胜分。今年法网她也是被类似的"月亮球"磨走的，这不是第一回了。一发的问题从她复出开始就没解决，这三场一发成功率是逐场往下掉的，这场首盘39%，比前两场还低。
七 | 关键分的发球也飘，两盘的转折点都是她自己30-0领先的时候发的那两个局，双误都扎在破发点上，不是力量不够，是抛球的时候脚有点乱，急着要拿下那一局，手先紧了。
八 | 郑现在的即时排名是121位，克雷是32位，差89位，克雷拿过2021法网和2024温网的冠军，落后时候的抗压是真稳，你给她缝儿她就敢钻，不像排名低的选手领先了容易松。这场是郑钦文13个月以来的第一个巡回赛八强，之前法网温网都是一轮游，半年换了三次教练，状态本来就在恢复期，能打到八强其实不算差，但输的这种方式，确实憋。赛后技术统计摆着：郑钦文的制胜分25-11领先克雷，但非受迫失误41-32也多了9个，破发点转化率只有33%，克雷是50%。说白了就是她自己把机会漏出去的，不是被打花的。这次比赛拿了54分，郑的排名只能回到120左右，本来想靠雅典站抢分直接进美网正赛的，现在没成，接下来要去打华盛顿500，再之后是美网资格赛。散场的时候有球迷举的牌子写着"下次把3-0守住"，风一吹晃了晃，也不知道下次碰到克雷，她能不能把拍面上的灰蹭掉。
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