Perfect start! On the first day of the US Open, Chinese players won all 4 matches, and Zhang Zhizhen finally won the 5-set match

Zhang Zhizhen fought hard to pass 5 sets. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Beijing News (Chief Reporter Sun Haiguang) On August 29, the first day of competition at the US Open, four Chinese players Zhang Zhizhen, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu and Zhu Lin maintained a complete victory. After losing five sets in Grand Slam many times, Zhang Zhizhen finally won his first US Open title win this year through a five-set battle.

In the first round of last year's US Open, Zhang Zhizhen lost five sets after wasting seven match points in the first round, which became the worst defeat of his career. Returning to New York this year, Zhang Zhizhen's ranking and experience are much better than a year ago, aiming to make a breakthrough at the US Open.

Against Wolff this morning, Zhang Zhizhen had old problems again in the first set, missing six sets in succession, and did not struggle to cash in until the seventh. After winning the first two sets 7-5, Zhang Zhizhen was equalized by Wolff 7-6, 6-4. In the tiebreaker, Zhang withstood the pressure and scored directly on his serve on the first match point to win his first five-set victory, his first victory at the US Open.

"This time I finally won five sets for the first time, and I lost it before." When resuming the game after the match, Zhang Zhizhen said that he was very glad that he survived when he was 0-40 down on the first serve of the tiebreaker, which gave him a chance later. At the end, Zhang Zhizhen's serve state also came out, and the last 3 shots were like divine assistance, and he smiled and said that those points were simply "Surprise"!

Zhang Zhizhen faced No. 5 seed Lude in the second round, who won 3-1 against qualifier Nava for his 200th career victory. In the third round of this year's French Open, Zhang Zhizhen lost 1-3 to Lu De, "Hard court and clay are a little different, but I feel that this year's US tennis speed is quite slow, last year it was much faster." Zhang Zhizhen said that after the two finished playing at the French Open, they had some understanding of each other, and they would prepare well this time.

In this year's four Grand Slam tournaments, Wang Xinyu has passed the first round. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

In the women's singles, Chinese players Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu and Zhu Lin all won one after another. Wang Xinyu has reached the first round of all four Grand Slams this year after beating local qualifier Vallenez 2-0. "I played well at the beginning, I didn't concentrate too much in the back, but I persevered." Wang Xinyu will face Tomo in the second round, who has just won the Cleveland championship, who eliminated 28th seed Kalinina.

On the second matchday, Chinese players such as Wu Yixiang, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Yafan will play one after another.

Edited by Wang Chunqiu

Proofreader: Chen Diyan