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The 2024 Wimbledon drama has been coming out for a long time, the first match day is over, a few are happy and a few are sad, some of the favorites are soaring, some are out of the game, the Chinese army is mixed, and the first sister Zheng Qinwen's first round tour is the biggest "loss".
Let's take a look at the event results.
(1) The two favorites to win the championship got off to a good start with a slight twist and turn: Arca stepped out of the first game of defending the title, and Sinner lost the handicap to advance
Defending champion Alcaraz opened the first match on Centre Court and faced qualifier and world number 269 Dial, who won in straight sets.
Especially in the first set, Arca was even the first to break in the 5th game, but fortunately, the defending champion broke back in time, and the game was dragged into the tie-break, and Arca was better in the key points, and won the first set with four consecutive points at 3-3;
At the beginning of the second set, Arca fell behind 0-2 and fought to catch up, and won another set 7-5 with the key break in the 11th game;
In the third set, he entered the rhythm of the defending champion and won 6-2 with two break points, and the first step of the defense was successful.
World No. 1 and top seed Sinner was knocked out of Centre Court in the first round and placed third in Court 1.
Sinner's opponent in the first round was Germany's Hanfmann.
After winning two sets in a row 6-3, 6-4, Sinner lost the third set 3-6, and the world No. 1 had the last laugh at 6-3 with a break advantage in the fourth set.
As the two favourites to win Wimbledon this year, Arca and Sinner were able to make their debuts despite their mediocre debuts.
The other big seed, No.5 seed Dmitry Medvedev, played smoothly and eliminated the American No. 88 in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Veteran Wawrinka faced wild card teenager Bloom and won 6-3/7-5/6-4 to pass the first round.
For Women:
Wildcard and former US Open champion Raducanu defeated lucky loser Zarazuha 7-6(0), 6-3 on Centre Court;
No.2 seed Gauff refused to be upset and got off to a flying start with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Dolehyd;
(2), the Chinese army is mixed, 4 wins and 5 losses are unsatisfactory, and Zheng Qinwen has an embarrassing record
On the first day of the competition, China had 9 players in the competition, and 4 people got off to a good start:
4 wins:
Veteran Zhu Lin defeated Beigu 6-0/6-4 to become the first Chinese tennis player to advance, and after the match, she burst into tears because she missed the Olympic Games.
Teenager Shang Juncheng eliminated Chile's Garin 7-5, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, becoming the first male player in Chinese mainland to win Wimbledon main draw.
Men's tennis "first brother" Zhang Zhizhen did not waste a good sign, easily defeated Frenchman Jean Weier 7-6/6-3/6-2, and successfully unlocked a personal record of victories in the main draw of the four Grand Slams;
Wang Yafan faced Russian player Schmiedlova, and was dragged into the deciding set by her opponent after winning the first set 6-0, and finally had the last laugh 6-0/3-6/6-4;
5 Losses:
Veteran Zhang Shuai continued his losing streak, facing the No. 14 seed Kasatkina who had just won the championship in the first round, Zhang Shuai only resisted for 74 minutes and lost 3-6/0-6, and set an embarrassing loss record for 21 consecutive singles losses;
Yuan Yue, ranked 39th, missed the win and lost two sets 2-6/3-6 in the face of No. 56 Ruth.
Wang Xiyu, ranked 54th, was reversed, winning the first set 6-3 and losing two sets in a row, 6-3/3-6/4/6 to stop in the first round;
Wang Qiang, who relied on the protection rankings to make the finalisation, also did not escape the fate of elimination, and was swept away 0-2, 2-6 by No. 19 seed Navarro;
China's "first sister" Zheng Qinwen was a big upset, and was reversed by Sun Lulu, a qualifying player and ranked only 123 in the world, 6-4/2-6/4-6 in the first round for two consecutive years.
At the same time, Zheng Qinwen also became the only top 8 seeds to be eliminated at Wimbledon this time, setting an embarrassing record.
Wonderful Wimbledon, let's stay tuned!