On July 1, Beijing time, the Wimbledon tennis open entered the first day of competition, in the just-concluded focus battle, Chinese tennis brother Zhang Zhizhen fell in three straight sets, 3-0 eliminated French player Janville, and successfully advanced to the second round of Wimbledon, and the 19-year-old Shang Juncheng also fell in three straight sets, defeated Chilean player Garin, successfully broke through the first round of Wimbledon, and the two men's singles players joined hands to advance to the second round of Wimbledon, which is gratifying. In the women's singles field, Zhu Lin defeated Romania's Begu 6-0, 6-4 and also won the promotion.
Since the beginning of this year, Zhang Zhizhen has made rapid progress, breaking through the first round of the Australian Open, breaking through again at the French Open, and reaching the quarterfinals of the Rome Open, following the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open last year, and once again reaching the quarterfinals of the Rome Open, achieving a good clay result. On grass, Zhang defeated world No. 5 Medvedev and American cannon Eubanks in the Harley Tournament to advance to the semifinals of the Halle-Finals and tied with the world No. 1 Sinner in the semi-finals, jumping to No. 33 in the world rankings and securing the Wimbledon seed.
In the first round, the two sides met three times, and Zhang Zhizhen won three consecutive victories.
In the first set, both sides held serve in the first 12 games, and in the tie-break battle, Zhang Zhizhen, the first brother of Chinese tennis, performed better at the critical moment, winning 7-4. Thus winning the first set 7-6.
In the second set, both sides held serve in the first three games, and in the fourth game, Zhang Zhizhen got a break point at 40-15 and broke smoothly, leading 3-1.
In the fifth game, Zhang Zhizhen led 40-0 and then made consecutive mistakes, and Janwell got a break point, but Zhang Zhizhen used his excellent baseline skills to successfully hold serve and lead 4-1.
In the 7th game, Janwell completed the break. The score was chased to 4-3, and Zhang Zhizhen broke again in the 8th game, leading 5-3. In the 9th game, Zhang Zhizhen successfully held serve to win the set and won the second set 6-3.
In the third set, in the first game, when Janville led 40-0, Zhang Zhizhen scored three points in a row, tied 40-40, and then Zhang Zhizhen forced a break point with a beautiful crossing ball, and Janville made a mistake in grabbing the net in the multi-shot competition, Zhang Zhizhen successfully broke and led 1-0.
In the second game, Zhang Zhizhen scored directly with an ace in the outer corner, leading 15-0 and successfully holding serve. Zhang Zhizhen broke the belt and led 2-0.
In the 3rd game, Janwell moved through the backcourt at a large angle, led 30-0, and got the game point 40-0, and then Zhang Zhizhen used the volley in front of the net to score three points in a row, 40-40 draw, and used a quick return to get the break point, Janville used the serve to hold the serve hard, and the score chased to 2-1!
In the 4th game, Zhang Zhizhen fell behind 15-40 in the service game, and at the critical moment, Zhang Zhizhen served straight, and the score came to 30-40. and successfully held serve, leading 3-1 and retaining his break advantage.
In the fifth game, Youngville led 30-0 on serve, and then in the multi-shot battle, Youngville made consecutive unforced errors, and Zhang Zhizhen forced a break point 40-30. But at the critical moment, after Yanwei moved at a large angle to open up the space, he broke through Zhang Zhizhen's backcourt and successfully completed the hold, chasing the big score to 3-2!
In the 6th game, Zhang Zhizhen easily held serve.
In the 7th game, Zhang Zhizhen forced two break points again at 40-15 and successfully completed the break, leading 5-2.
Game 8. Zhang Zhizhen won the set on serve, and with a 40-0 lead, although he was attacked by his opponent, Zhang Zhizhen still managed to hold serve and win the deciding set 6-2.
In this way, Zhang Zhizhen eliminated Janwell 3-0 and advanced to the second round of Wimbledon, gaining 50 points and 93,000 pounds in prize money. Congratulations to Zhizhen Zhang.