At the ATP Tallahassee Challenge, Chinese tennis brother Zhang Zhizhen staged a big comeback, beating Johansson 2-1. In this battle, Zhang Zhizhen fell behind 2-5 in the decider and once sent a match point. But in the end, Zhang Zhizhen achieved a big reversal. In the world rankings, Zhang Zhizhen is 304th, but through this victory, he got 7 points and 860 US dollars in prize money.
In the active tennis world, China's Golden Flowers rank well, although they have not reached the height of Li Na, who is ranked highest in the world to 2nd place and has won the Grand Slam championship twice. At her peak, Li Na was a world-class superstar. At present, Zhang Shuai ranks 44th, Zheng Qinwen ranks 72nd, Wang Xinyu ranks 87th, and China Jinhua has 3 people in the top 100.
But the Chinese men's tennis world, the comparison of the rampant, compared to the golden flowers are a lot worse, at present, the first brother of Chinese tennis is Zhang Zhizhen, ranked 304th in the world, followed by Bai Yan, ranked 421st, and then the nova Shang Chengcheng, ranked 441st! Among them, Shang Weicheng is only 17 years old, the upward momentum is very obvious, and he is generally optimistic about becoming a future Chinese tennis brother. Shang Juncheng's father is former national football star Shang Yi, and his mother is table tennis world champion Wu Na.
Now, Zhang Zhizhen has ushered in a great victory! At the 2022 Tallahassee Challenge, Zhang Zhizhen's first-round opponent is Johansson. In the first set, Zhang Zhizhen lost 2-6. In the second set, Zhang Zhizhen won back Yicheng 6-3. In the decider, Zhang Zhizhen once fell behind 2-5 and sent 1 match point, but he did not give up, saved the match point, and played 5 consecutive sets, winning 7-5 in the decider, and advancing 2-1.
Zhang Zhizhen is 25 years old, has won 2 ATP Challenge singles titles and 2 doubles titles, won two singles and two doubles titles at the ITF Future, and in 2020, his world ranking peaked to 136th!
Last year, Zhang Zhizhen won three consecutive games in Wimbledon qualifying tournaments to reach the main slam tournament, and was also the fourth player to enter the men's singles tournament of the Grand Slam since Chinese mainland the Open era, after the previous three people were Wu Di, Zhang Xuan and Li Zhe.