On May 10, Beijing time, in the second round of the men's singles of the 2024 ATP1000 Rome Masters, China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen faced off against the No. 19 seed Mannarino. Zhang Zhizhen easily crushed Mannarino 6-1 in the first set, especially when he won five games in a row at the beginning, and Zhang Zhizhen won another set 6-3 in the second set, thus sweeping Mannarino 2-0 in two sets and successfully advancing to the top 32 of men's singles.
In the first round of the men's singles match of the Rome Masters, China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen faced a duel with Garland, and he scored 2-0 in straight sets to complete a revenge sweep, of which the first set was easily won 6-2, and the second set was narrowly won 7-5, successfully ending the singles three-game losing streak.
Now Zhang Zhizhen is in the second round of the men's singles, facing the No. 19 seed Manarino. In the first set of this match, Zhang Zhizhen entered the state early, and he won five games in a row to take a 5-0 lead, including two breaks of Mannarino's serve. Mannarino held serve with four straight points in the sixth game, but then Zhang Zhizhen also won the set with four straight points, thus easily winning the first set 6-1.
Entering the second set, Zhang Zhizhen and Mannarino played in the first six games, each holding serve to maintain a 3-3 draw. Zhang broke serve in the seventh game and continued to break in consecutive games to maintain a strong momentum to win another set 6-3 and finally swept Mannarino 2-0 on aggregate to advance to the third round.