China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen is still creating his own history. In the first round of Monte Carlo, Zhang Zhizhen spent 2 hours to defeat American player Giron in 3 sets, and at the same time entered the next round, he also won his first clay victory of the season. At the same time, he also became the first Chinese player to win in Monte Carlo.
In the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters, Zhang Zhizhen faced the American player Giron. In the current world ranking, Zhang Zhizhen is 49 and his opponent is 48. Zhang broke out last season, reaching the third round of both the French Open and the US Open. This season, he reached the second round of the Australian Open, and IW also advanced to the second round. Giron also reached the third round of last year's French Open and ended in the first round at this season's Australian Open, but he finished runner-up at the Dallas 250. It can be said that regardless of ranking or strength, the two are equal.
In the first set, Zhang Zhizhen quickly got into the state and took the lead in the first game to complete the break. In the second game, he was frantically counterattacked by his opponent, and it was difficult to hold serve after cashing in the fifth game point. In the fourth game, he saved as many as six break points and struggled to hold serve again. With a key break in the first game, Zhang Zhizhen won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Zhang Zhizhen broke again in the third game, but he did not keep the lead, and his opponent broke in the fourth and sixth games in succession, thus losing the set 3-6. In the deciding set, Zhang Zhizhen regained his form, completed the key break in the 6th game, and finally won another set 6-3, defeating the opponent 2-1 and advancing to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time.
In this battle, Zhang Zhizhen had 5 aces, 2 double faults, a first-serve scoring rate of 69%, a first-serve scoring rate of 68%, and a break efficiency of 5 to 3. With this victory, he scored 50 points, 42,935 euros, and immediately ranked 46th.