On May 13, Beijing time, in the third round of the men's singles of the ATP1000 Rome Masters, Zhang Zhizhen played against Shelton, and in the end, Zhang Zhizhen swept Sheldon with a two-set score of 2-0 revenge + shelf, broke out a big upset, advanced to the round of 16, created history again, and won a great victory.
Zhang Zhizhen is China's first brother, ranked 56th in the world, he has not achieved any good results in the Rome Masters before, but this year, Zhang Zhizhen played very well, first defeated Gran, won the first victory at the Rome Masters, and faced the world No. 21 and 19th seed Mannarino in the second round, Zhang Zhizhen swept the advance with a straight set score of 2-0, making history again!
Sheldon is the stronger American and the tournament's No.12 seed, having met once at last year's Australian Open, when Sheldon won in five sets. Judging from the comprehensive strength, ranking, and fighting records of the two, Sheldon has the upper hand, so in this game, can Zhang Zhizhen achieve revenge + upset?
In the first set, Zhang Zhizhen came up and broke the belt to take a 2-0 lead! After that, he also withstood the pressure and continued to lead 4-2 after six games. In the 7th game, Zhang Zhizhen broke again and expanded his advantage 5-2. In the 8th game, Zhang Zhizhen successfully cashed in on his serve to win the set, easily won the first set 6-2, led 1-0, and the first set took less than half an hour.
In the second set, Zhang Zhizhen came up and started 2-0 again! After that, Shelton also continued to be passive, and Zhang Zhizhen took a 5-3 lead by virtue of the advantage of breaking first. In the 9th game, Shelton's serve with no way back was 4-5, and in the 10th game, Zhang Zhizhen withstood the pressure and cashed in the serve to win the game, winning another set 6-4 without danger, and defeated Shelton 2-0 with a big score, breaking out a big upset.