On May 15, the men's singles quarterfinals of the Rome Masters were all released, and with Medvedev's 0-2 upset loss to Paul, the top four in the world all missed the quarterfinals. Zhang defeated Monteiro 2-0 to become the only unseeded player in the quarterfinals.
In this tournament, the world No. 1 Djokovic, the world No. 4 Medvedev, and the clay king Nadal are leading, and Djokovic and Medvedev are leading the upper and lower halves respectively. Nadal was upset in the second round, Djokovic was upset in the third round, and Medvedev, the world's fourth player, became the biggest attraction of the tournament.
In the fourth round, Medvedev's opponent was Paul. Medvedev has played his opponent three times and won them all. This match is also unanimously favored for him to win easily. However, to the great surprise, Medvedev was out of shape throughout the game, and was finally broken by his opponent five times, losing two sets in a row 1-6, 4-6, and missing the quarterfinals with a big score of 0-2. So far, the top four in the world have missed the quarterfinals, and several key figures in this tournament are all out.
China's Zhang Zhizhen brought a huge surprise. Zhang Zhizhen, who has recently been in consecutive rounds, was not favored before the match, but he regained his peak level with his excellent serve, defeating the two seeds of Menalino and Shelton in a row to advance to the round of 16. In the 1/8 finals, Zhang Zhizhen faced against the qualifier Monteiro, Zhang Zhizhen seized the opportunity and defeated his opponent in straight sets 7-6, 6-3 with 10 aces and easily advanced to the quarterfinals. Zhang Zhizhen is also the only unseeded player among the quarter-finals.
In other matches, No. 3 seed Zverev swept past the big dark horse Borges 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. Zverev has also become the biggest favorite to win the title. No.6 seed Tsitsipas once again showed his strength on clay, dropping just three games to beat No.9 seed De Minaur and was in red-hot form.
In other matches, Hurkacz, Fritz, Jarry and Tabilo each defeated their opponents to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Tabilo vs Zhang Zhizhen, Zverev vs Fritz, Tsitsipas vs Jarry, Hurkacz vs Paul. Zhang Zhizhen is expected to continue to make history and reach the semifinals of the Masters for the first time. In the remaining three matches, Zverev, Tsitsipas and Hurkacz are favored to advance to the semi-finals.