On August 30, 2023, Beijing time, Chinese players ended all the matches in the first round of the US Open singles, the mainland players won 7-7, and Chinese Taipei's Xu Yuxiu knocked out Kokkinakis, no matter how it is calculated, the Chinese player's win rate in the first round of the US Open singles is 100%, for Chinese tennis, this is another historic moment, fans are boiling.
Since Li Na's retirement, Chinese fans have been looking forward to Chinese tennis once again creating a glorious era, in addition to Li Na taking the lead, there are many chasers behind her, Chinese tennis often achieves all over the Grand Slam tournament. In fact, in recent years, Chinese tennis has made great progress, and it may be difficult to reach the quarterfinals of singles in the Grand Slam tournament, but the continuous improvement of young players is also more blossoming.
This time in Flushing, veteran Zhang Shuai retired, Chinese mainland tennis team is younger, Zhu Lin, Wang Yafan seems to interpret what is called a late bloomer, Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xiyu, Wang Xinyu have been showing their progress. The bigger surprise is the breakthrough made in men's tennis, at least in Li Na's time, it is difficult to expect mainland male players to advance to the second round of the Grand Slam, and this time, the two male players joined hands to advance to the second round of the US Open, isn't this the biggest surprise?
Among the mainland players, Wang Xinyu, Zhu Lin, Wang Yafan, and Zheng Qinwen all beat their opponents in straight sets, and the Chinese player's signing luck is indeed good, but at the same time, you must learn to seize opportunities, which is progress. Wang Yafan, who broke through from the qualifiers, eliminated the No. 7 seed Garcia, which will give Wang Yafan more confidence. Zheng Qinwen sent eggs to eliminate Podoroska, and her run-in with the new coach is getting better and better.
Wang Xiyu, Wu Yixiang and Zhang Zhizhen all played the tiebreaker, Wang Xiyu won the first Grand Slam of the season, Zhang Zhizhen won a 5-set Grand Slam for the first time, Wu Yixiang advanced to the second round of the US Open for two consecutive years, each victory was exciting, showing the progress and vitality of Chinese tennis. This is not Li Na's era, but we seem to have returned to that peak era, when the two male players advanced to the second round of the US Open together, which is a breakthrough, a particularly big surprise, and a harbinger of a better future for Chinese tennis.
In the second round, Zhang Zhizhen played Rude, Wu Yixiang faced Deminar, Zheng Qinwen faced Kanepi, Wang Xinyu faced Tomo, Wang Xiyu played Pella, Zhu Lin faced Azarenka, and Wang Yafan faced Bolt. Looking forward to the continued efforts of the seven players in Chinese mainland and bravely moving forward, what is there to think about how to pass the first round together and strive to break through the second round together?