A total of 11 Chinese players participated in the 2024 Wimbledon main draw, and after two days of competition and competition, they finally handed over a record of 5 wins and 6 losses. Two players in the men's tennis, Shang Juncheng and Zhang Zhizhen, joined hands to advance and created a good record of zero defeats in the men's tennis; There are only 3 golden flowers left, and even the first sister Zheng Qinwen was also upset.
In this Wimbledon, there are 9 Chinese Jinhua participating in the main event, and only 3 players have passed the first round to advance to the round of 64. The three players who advanced were Zhu Lin, Wang Yafan and Wang Xinyu. Zhu Lin's first-round opponent was Romania's Begu, who fell in straight sets 6-0 and 6-4, and in the second set, Zhu Lin was chased from a 5-1 lead to 5-4, but finally won the victory.
It is worth mentioning that this was the first victory of the Chinese army at Wimbledon. Wang Yafan and Schmidlova fought hard in three sets to advance to the second round, with the score of 6-0/3-6/6-4, and Wang Xinyu also defeated Tomova in three sets, 7-6/3-6/6-0. This is also Wang Xinyu's third victory over Tomova this year after Madrid and the French Open, winning her second Wimbledon victory and her 11th Grand Slam victory, and her instant ranking reached NO.39.
Interestingly, the 3 Jinhua who advanced all gave an egg to their opponents, that is, a 6-0 handicap, but there were also 3 Jinhua who were given an egg by their opponents. Zhang Shuai lost 3-6 and 0-6 to 14th seed Kasatkina, who won last week's Eastbourne tournament, suffering a 21-game losing streak across the season; Wang Qiang lost 0-6 and 2-6 to Navarro, which was Wang Qiang's return to the Grand Slam after two years, and she only won two games in the whole game; Bai Zhuoxuan lost to Navarro 4-6, 0-6.
If you want to pick the most unexpected loss in the first round, it is Zheng Qinwen who lost 6-4/2-6/4-6 to qualifier Sun Lulu, especially in the deciding set, who lost four points in a row on serve. Before the game, Zheng Qinwen vowed that he was not afraid of meeting any opponents, but he overturned in the top 100 players, which also allowed Sun Lulu to win his first Grand Slam victory.
In addition, Yuan Yue lost to Ruth 2-6 and 3-6, and Wang Xiyu won first and then lost 6-3/3-6/4-6 to Vekic. Although Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue, Zhang Shuai and others were eliminated, they will also participate in the women's doubles competition. Judging from the draw table, the Chinese Jinhua did not have a good luck in the women's doubles, Wang Xiyu/Zhu Lin played Yuriko Miyazaki/Appleton in the first round, and Xie Shuwei in the second round; Zhang Shuai/Miwei Kato played Podoloska/Moratelli in the first round and Matek/Kenin in the second round.
The remaining pairs are Xu Yifan/Danilina against Kava/Freich, Guo Hanyu/Jiang Xinyu against Fernandes/Shibahara Eina, Yuan Yue/Saville against ninth seeds Ostapenko/Kichenok, Zheng Saisai/Wang Xinyu warming up for the Olympics against Garcia/Meladenovic, and Wang Yafan partnering Sizikova against Vekic/Karinskaya.
In the men's singles, Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng made history by winning the first Wimbledon win for a Chinese mainland player, Zhang Zhizhen eliminated Jean Vie 7-6(4)/6-3/6-2, and Shang Juncheng eliminated Garin 7-5/6-4/6-4. In the second round, Zhang Zhizhen's opponents were Struff, Shang Juncheng faced Dimitrov, Zhu Lin faced Lyuchenkova, Wang Yafan and Keys played against Case, and Wang Xinyu challenged Pegula.