From July 1st to the early morning of July 2nd, Beijing time, the first match day of the 2024 Wimbledon Grand Slam season ended. The Chinese Legion played 9 people, and 4 people advanced. Men's tennis Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng all won and continued to break through. The overall performance of the women's tennis team was poor and more than half of it was lost, Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan were successfully promoted, and Zheng Qinwen, Yuan Yue, Zhang Shuai, Wang Xiyu, and Wang Qiang suffered a round of tours. The performance of the Chinese army on the first day can be described as "breakthrough, egg delivery, upset, regret".
I. Breakthrough
The men's tennis "twin stars" Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng's season progress is visible to the naked eye, giving people the feeling that they are very stable and do not lose games that should not be lost. The first two of them were basically in the best form at Wimbledon, Zhang Zhizhen reached the semifinals of Halle, and Shang Juncheng also entered the quarterfinals of Eastbourne. In this Wimbledon, Zhang Zhizhen participated as a seeded player for the first time, setting a record in the history of men's tennis in the mainland. Shang Juncheng relied on his ranking to directly enter the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time, setting a personal career history.
Zhang Zhizhen
There were no accidents in the game, and the two faced the qualifiers and played with ease, without any waves. Shang Juncheng took the lead and defeated Garin in straight sets 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 to win the first victory of the Chinese mainland men's tennis at Wimbledon. So far, the fortress of the four Grand Slam men's singles has been broken by Chinese players. First win in the main draw of the US Open: Wu Yixuan (2022), first win in the main draw of the Australian Open: Shang Juncheng (2023), first win in the main draw of the French Open: Zhang Zhizhen (2023), first win in the main draw of Wimbledon: Shang Juncheng (2024). Teenager Shang Juncheng won two first victories in the Chinese men's tennis, which is gratifying. In the next round against 10th seed Dimitrov, the youngster is still worth looking forward to.
Shang Juncheng
Zhang Zhizhen also won heartily, beating qualifier Jean Weiye 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-2 to claim his first Wimbledon victory. Zhang Zhizhen became the first Chinese mainland male player to win all four Grand Slam tournaments. In the next round against Struf, the two have played each other twice (2023 Miami and 2023 Stuttgart grass courts, Zhang Zhizhen lost 0-2), looking forward to Zhang Zhizhen's successful revenge and taking advantage of the momentum to unlock the second round of all four Grand Slams.
It was the first time that two Chinese men had won at Wimbledon at the same time. While it is worth being happy, the most gratifying thing is that every new event is constantly breaking through. As the Chinese male players are getting better and better. These records have been broken time and time again. Although these records may seem simple. But it took a long, long time for the Chinese mainland men's tennis to reach today's results. Looking forward to a bigger breakthrough.
2. Send eggs
Grand Slam egg giveaways may not seem common for Chinese players, but two of the Chinese screenwriters in the first round of Wimbledon did it perfectly, namely Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan, two screenwriters who often write bizarre scripts.
Zhu Lin
In the first round of women's singles, Zhu Lin took the lead and opened the game, Zhu Lin defeated Begu 6-0, 6-4 in eight consecutive games, and won Wimbledon after three years, which was also her first Grand Slam victory this season.
Unlike Zhu Lin's two-set victory, Wang Yafan defeated Schmiedlova 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 in three sets, winning the Wimbledon main draw after five years, and successfully passed the first round of four consecutive Grand Slams
Wang Yafan
Zhu Lin's opponent Pavlyuchenkova in the next round, Wang Yafan's opponent Keys in the next round, let's wait and see what kind of plot the two screenwriters can write.
3. Upset
The biggest surprise for Chinese players, Zheng Qinwen, was upset in the first round. Zheng Qinwen, the No. 8 seed in the tournament, was defeated 6-4, 2-6, 4-6 by Sun Lulu, who was ranked outside the top 100 qualifiers, and stopped in the first round of Wimbledon for the second year in a row, and Zheng Qinwen unfortunately became the first big seed to be eliminated. Sun Lulu is the first career victory in the world's top 10, which is also her first victory in a Grand Slam main draw
Zheng Qinwen
Zheng Qinwen led 40-0 at the beginning of the second set but did not break it, and was finally reversed by Sun Lulu. In the third set, he lost 4 consecutive goals in a row and was broken, and a double fault was sent on match point. This is probably a true portrayal of Zheng Qinwen's entire state.
Lost to Avanexiang at the French Open and Sun Lulu at Wimbledon. - Leading at the beginning, the strength of the board is absolutely superior, but there is a sudden uneasiness in the play, and then I watch the crack deepen, and the score pressure is generated, which in turn turns into psychological pressure, accelerating the deterioration of the situation, and irretrievably sliding towards the end of the crack. This is Zheng Qinwen's own problem, but also the problem of the coaching team, and more of a psychological problem. Zheng Qinwen, please forget the title of Grand Slam runner-up and don't put too much pressure on yourself, after all, that is in the past.
Fourth, regret
I regret for the two veterans Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang who rely on protective rankings to continue their Grand Slam dreams, regret for Yuan Yue, who lost the coaching team, and regret for Wang Xiyu, who was reversed in three sets.
Zhang Shuai
In the first round of the Women's Singles, veteran Zhang Shuai suffered a 21-game losing streak to No. 14 seed Kasatkina, who won last week's Eastbourne tournament 3-6, 0-6.
Wang Qiang
Wang Qiang, who also relied on protective rankings to compete, lost to Navarro 0-6, 2-6, and it seems that the road to comeback is full of thorns!
Yuan Yue
Yuan Yue lost to Ruth 2-6, 3-6 to stop in the first round of Wimbledon for the third consecutive year, and all the first three Grand Slams of this year suffered a first-round defeat.
Wang Xiyu
Wang Xiyu was reversed by Vekic 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 and stopped in the first round of Wimbledon for three consecutive years