When it comes to the ATP Big Three, many fans are familiar with it. However, perhaps few people know that each of them has its own "blessed land". For Serbian king Djokovic, the blessing is naturally Rodravol Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, where he maintains the magical pattern of reaching the last four of the Australian Open.
For Swiss king Federer, Wimbledon was the highlight of his first Grand Slam title. Not only that, but here Federer also completed the great feat of winning five consecutive Grand Slam titles for the first time. As for Nadal, the Spanish god of war, the Roland Garros arena is his "blessed land", where Nadal has won the French Open fourteen times. Coincidentally, although his achievements in ATP tennis are far inferior to the ATP Big Three, for Chinese men's tennis player Wu Yixiang, he also has his own "blessed land", that is, the US Open.
As early as 2017, Wu Yixiang, who was not yet weak, won the US Open junior men's singles competition, which was the first time that a Chinese mainland men's tennis player won a Grand Slam junior title. Not only that, but at the same time, he also won the US Open junior men's doubles competition. What's even more incredible is that since then, Wu Yixiang has also had a good record in many tennis tournaments in the United States.
In April 2022, at the Hope Tournament Orange Garden Tennis Tournament, Wu Yixiang won his first championship since his comeback; From June to July 2022, Wu Yixiang won 15 consecutive challenges in the Challenge held in the United States, winning three Challenge Championships; Returning to the US Open in August 2022, he won five straight matches from the qualifying tournament, breaking the curse of a Chinese mainland men's tennis player's winless first round of a Grand Slam while also setting the best record of a Chinese mainland player in a Grand Slam.
In February 2023, at the ATP 250 Dallas Open held in the United States, Wu Yixiang sang all the way and won the first tour championship of his career; In March 2023, he won his first professional Masters at the Indian Wells Masters in the United States.
This month, also at the Miami Masters in the United States, Wu Yixiang once again opened the door to victory, becoming the Chinese mainland male tennis player who has won the Masters the most times. However, just when everyone thought that he would be able to win glory again, Wu Yiyang's form has been repeated, and some time ago, when he was leading in the first round of the ATP 500 Washington Open, he even suddenly fainted and finally had to withdraw from the game.
In this way, Wu Yixiang, who did not perform well in the warm-up match, came to the US Open. In the first round of the US Open, Wu Yixiang encountered Serbia's Lajovic. Rajovic has reached the last 16 of a Grand Slam twice and reached the final of the Masters. Not only that, but in April 2023, he also defeated Serbian king Novak Djokovic to win his second career Tour title. In every way, this is a player to be reckoned with.
Sure enough, in the first set, Lajovic quickly got into shape, breaking his opponent's serve in succession to take the lead. After that, he didn't give his opponent another chance and simply won the first set neatly. In the second set, Wu Yixiang fought back and broke his opponent's serve when the score was in a tie. On serve to win the set, he grabbed the set and equalized the set.
In the third set, Lajovic scored consecutive points as soon as he came up. In this set, Wu Yixiang only won two sets, and Rajovic once again exceeded the set. In the fourth set, Wu Yixiang was not to be outdone, won the game, and dragged the match into the tiebreaker. In the deciding set, Rajovic's physical strength declined and his form fluctuated, and Wu Yixiang seized the opportunity, scored consecutive points, and finally reversed to win the match.
In the second round of the US Open, Wu Yixiang will encounter Australian Deminar, who has made breakthroughs in tour, Masters or Grand Slam tournaments since the 2023 season, can Wu Yixiang continue to work hard and continue to play bravely at the US Open? Let's wait and see. (Source: Tennis House Author: Yixin Jushi)