On April 9, the first round of the ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters was held. Zhang Zhizhen, the first brother of the Chinese men's tennis, played against Ji Long, who is ranked 48th in the world. In this match, the two sides played three sets, and Zhang Zhizhen eliminated the opponent 2-1, making a good start to his clay season and successfully breaking into the second round.
Zhang Zhizhen broke the opponent's serve as soon as he came up in the first set, and in the second game he saved a break point to hold serve and take a 2-0 lead. In the fourth game, Zhang Zhizhen saved 6 break points and held serve tenaciously, and then both sides held serve, and Zhang Zhizhen won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Zhang Zhizhen took the lead in the third game, and the opponent broke Zhang Zhizhen's two service games in the fourth and sixth games, and after winning four games in a row, he overtook Zhang Zhizhen 5-2. In the 9th game, the opponent held serve to win the set, and Zhang Zhizhen lost the second set 3-6.
In the deciding set, Zhang Zhizhen broke serve in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead. In the ninth game, Zhang Zhizhen successfully held serve in the service game and won the deciding set 6-3.
In a match that lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes, Zhang Zhizhen defeated Geelong 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to get the clay season off to a flying start. Zhang Zhizhen, who successfully made it to the second round, will face No. 14 seed Amber across the net for a place in the round of 16.