On the first match day of Wimbledon in 2024, Chinese players experienced a night of joy and sorrow: a total of 9 people played in the first round of singles, with an overall record of 4 wins and 5 losses, Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng advanced to the second round of men's singles, Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan entered the second round of women's singles, Zheng Qinwen broke out and lost to Sun Lulu, a New Zealand qualifier ranked 123rd in the world, Yuan Yue, Wang Xiyu, Wang Qiang, and Zhang Shuai also stopped in the first round, of which Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan 2 sent eggs to advance, and Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang 2 swallowed eggs and went out.
11 people entered the singles main draw, this Wimbledon is the largest team in the history of Chinese tennis to participate in the Grand Slam, among which Zhang Zhizhen and Zheng Qinwen are seeded players, Zheng Qinwen is the top 8 seeds in women's singles, in addition to the return of veteran Wang Qiang.
The two veterans, Wang Qiang and Zhang Shuai, both suffered heavy defeats in the first round of the Wimbledon women's singles, with Wang Qiang, who played in a Grand Slam for the first time in two years, losing 0-6, 2-6 to 19th seed Emma Navarro, and Zhang Shuai losing 3-6, 0-6 to 14th seed Kasatkina, who won last week's Eastbourne tournament, suffering a 21-game losing streak.
Yuan Yue lost to Ruth 2-6, 3-6, and stopped in the first round of Wimbledon for three consecutive years, and suffered a first-round trip in the first three Grand Slams this year. Wang Xiyu won the first set 6-3 and was reversed by Vekic in two sets in a row. Also reversed by the opponent is the Chinese women's tennis sister Zheng Qinwen, facing the world ranking 100 outside the qualifier Sun Lulu, Zheng Qinwen broke out a big upset, 6-4 After winning the first set, Sun Lulu won two sets in a row with 6-2 and 6-4, of which the deciding set, Zheng Qinwen lost 4 points in a row in the tenth game and was broken, failing to show the fighting spirit that the world's top ten should have, and the performance was disappointing.
In the first round of women's singles, Chinese tennis only won Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan on the first match day, Zhu Lin won 8 games in a row after the opening and swept Belgian player Begu 2-0 with a score of 6-0 and 6-4, Wang Yafan also gave away eggs in the first set 6-0, and finally defeated Schmidlova 2-1 in three sets.
In the first round of men's singles, two Chinese players both swept and advanced, which is the biggest good news for Chinese tennis on the first day of Wimbledon! Zhang Zhizhen swept away in straight sets 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-2 to give Viye his first win in the Wimbledon men's singles main draw, and Shang Juncheng defeated former quarter-finalist Garin 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 to become the first Chinese mainland player in history to win the Wimbledon men's singles main draw.