On July 1, the first day of Wimbledon was contested. Zhang Zhizhen, the first brother of the Chinese men's tennis, played against Jean Weiye, who broke through from the qualifying round. In this match, Zhang Zhizhen defeated his opponent in straight sets (7-6/6-3/6-2) to achieve his first Wimbledon victory, becoming the first Chinese men's tennis player to unlock all two rounds of the four Grand Slams.
【World Ranking】
Zhang Zhizhen is ranked 33rd in the world and is the No. 32 seed at Wimbledon. Jean Viyer is ranked 225th in the world.
【H2H】
The two sides have met a total of three times before, with Zhang winning all three of them.
【Contest Process】
In the first set, both sides successfully held serve in the first 12 games, and the game was dragged into a tie-break. In the tie-break game, Zhang Zhizhen was even better, winning the first set 7-4 to win the tie-break.
In the second set, Zhang Zhizhen broke serve first in the fourth game, and his opponent broke Zhang's serve in the seventh game, and then Zhang Zhizhen broke the tie and won the second set 6-3.
In the third set, Zhang Zhizhen broke the belt at the beginning and took a 2-0 advantage. In the 7th game, Zhang Zhizhen broke serve again and came to the service game 5-2. In the 8th game, Zhang Zhizhen successfully held serve and won the third set 6-2.
【Points Bonus】
Zhang Zhizhen, who successfully made it to the next round, took home 45 points and £96,000 in prize money.
【Next Round Opponent】
In the next round of the second round, Zhang Zhizhen will meet Germany's Struff, the two sides have met twice before, and Zhang Zhizhen has lost to his opponent.