On May 15, Beijing time, in the men's singles 1/4 finals of the 2024 ATP 1000 Rome Masters, Zhang Zhizhen played against Tabilo, and in the end, Zhang Zhizhen lost two sets in a row 0-2 and missed the top 4, which is really a pity! However, he has already created good results, and he can be regarded as doing his best, and Tabilo continues to soar.
"China's Big Brother" Zhang Zhizhen has been in excellent form of late, beating qualifier Montero in his last game to reach the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters for the first time in his career, setting a new personal best and his second master's quarterfinals.
Tabilo is the No. 29 seed in the tournament and has been in good form in the last two rounds, beating top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 16 seed Khachanov in succession. Will Zhang Zhizhen be able to move on?
In the first set, in the sixth game, Tabilo managed to break first and took a 4-2 lead. In the 7th game, Tabilo continued to hold serve, 5-2. In the 8th game, Zhang Zhizhen had no way out of the serve game to hold serve 3-5, but in the 9th game, Tabilo still cashed in his serve to win the set, leading Zhang Zhizhen 1-0.
In the second set, Tabilo came up to break 1-0, and then held serve 2-0 to extend the advantage. In the 3rd game, Zhang Zhizhen held serve 1-2. In the 4th game, Tabilo struggled to hold serve 3-1 and continued to suppress. In the 5th game, after Zhang Zhizhen kept his hair, he simply treated his lower thigh. In the 6th game, Tabilo continued to hold serve 4-2. Zhang Zhizhen asked for a medical timeout after holding serve in the 7th game. In the 9th game, Zhang Zhizhen scored four straight points to hold serve 4-5. In the 10th game, Tabilo cashed in the service game to win the game, 6-4, and eliminated Zhang Zhizhen with a big score of 2-0.