1-3！ Zhang Zhizhen lost to the top 32 of the US Open, and did not have the opportunity to refresh the best record of the Chinese men's tennis Grand Slam

In a focus match in the third round of the 2023 US Open men's singles that ended on September 2, Beijing time, Zhang Zhizhen, the world's 67th ranked Chinese "first brother", lost 1-3 to wild card player and Australian Tufang Huanghui after 4 sets of hard fighting, stopping in the round of 32. The 4-set scores were 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 and 3-6. Zhang Zhizhen also regretted not being able to refresh the best record of the Chinese men's tennis Grand Slam (men's singles round of 32).

In the first set, both sides held serve for the first 7 games. The first serve was 4-3 ahead. In the crucial 8th game, Zhang Zhizhen fell behind 3-5 after being broken. Tsuchikata then won the set with his own serve, winning the first set 6-3, and in the second set, the two sides were locked in a battle again, and in the seventh game, Tsuchikata broke serve to establish a 4-3 lead. In the 9th game, Tsuchikata once again broke Zhang Zhizhen's unavoidable serve and won the second set 6-3, leading 2-0 on aggregate.

In the third game, Zhang Zhizhen, who had no way back, completed the break to start 2-0 lead. However, Tsuchikata Jihui completed the 6th game and chased 3-3. In the 10th game, Zhang Zhizhen struggled to hold serve and win a set 6-4 after a long tug-of-war in his serve victory.

In the fourth set, Zhang Zhizhen had physical problems. The fourth game was broken again and fell into a disadvantage of trailing 3-1. Although Zhang Zhizhen tried hard to break back afterwards, he was unable to do so, losing the fourth set 3-6, and the aggregate score was 1-3 to stop the men's singles round of 32.