On July 1, the annual Wimbledon tennis tournament officially began, as the third stop of the four Grand Slams, the Wimbledon grass court season, has become an arena for many masters to compete. In addition, this year is another year of the Paris Olympics, and Wimbledon has become the highest level of training for all tennis masters before the Olympics. As many as 11 Chinese tennis players appeared in the main draw at Wimbledon this year, playing in men's and women's singles, setting a record high. In addition, not long ago, the Chinese tennis team announced the list of participants for the Paris Olympics, and all the personnel on the list will play in Wimbledon, so everyone's attention and expectations for Wimbledon are quite high.
At the Wimbledon qualifying tournament that ended not long ago, men's singles star Shang Juncheng performed well, passed the qualifying test again, and successfully entered the main event. In women's singles, Bai Zhuoxuan won the qualifying round for two consecutive years and also advanced to the main event. So far, with the addition of 1 men's singles and 8 women's singles in the main draw, 9 Chinese tennis players have entered the Grand Slam singles main draw for the first time, setting a new record for the number of people. On June 28 last week, the Chinese Tennis Association officially announced the list of participants in the tennis event of the Paris Olympic Games, including 1 member of the men's team Zhang Zhizhen and 6 members of the women's team Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen, Zheng Saisai and Yuan Yue. And seven of the players on this list will participate in Wimbledon this year.
Zhang Zhizhen will make history as the first Grand Slam men's singles player to play as a seed, and is also the first male player in mainland China. Shang Juncheng broke through from the qualifying round. Zheng Qinwen is the No. 8 seed in the women's singles and is the highest-ranked player in the Chinese women's singles. In addition, Yuan Yue, Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, and Wang Yafan were successfully shortlisted by virtue of their world rankings, while Bai Zhuoxuan broke through the qualifying round, and Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang were all protected by ranking and qualified for the main competition.
On the first day, 9 members of the Chinese army made their debut, and the men's singles field was full of good news, Shang Juncheng defeated Chilean star Garin in three consecutive games, and achieved the highlight moment of advancing to the second round on his Wimbledon debut. Zhang Zhizhen also defeated France's Jean Vie 3-0 and achieved a breakthrough in the first round of the four Grand Slam main draws. In the women's singles field, Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan performed well, both performed in the first set of eggs, and finally both won and advanced. And Zhang Shuai and Wang Qiang were devoured, and Yuan Yue lost two sets in a row. Wang Xiyu and Zheng Qinwen won first and then lost, were reversed, and suffered a round of tours.
In particular, Zheng Qinwen, facing Sun Lulu, a Chinese player who was promoted to the qualifying tournament outside the top 100 in the world, played extremely badly, and suffered a reversal and loss. Although Zheng Qinwen revealed after the game that he had hidden injuries and was not in the best condition, Zheng Qinwen's upset loss still caused dissatisfaction among a large number of fans and netizens. On the first day, in addition to Zhang Zhizhen winning, Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue and Zhang Shuai in the Olympic squad all lost, among which Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xiyu and Yuan Yue will all be Olympic singles players. And Zhu Lin and Wang Yafan, who won, missed the squad. Only Wang Xinyu will appear today, and I also expect her to break through the first round.