In the early morning of July 4, Beijing time, the 2024 season of the tennis Grand Slam Wimbledon Open continued, and in the second round of singles on this match day, Chinese Jinhua Zhu Lin performed well, defeating the No. 25 seed Russian star Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets 6-4/6-3, and entered the third round of Wimbledon women's singles for the first time in her career. In a match in the second round of the men's singles, China's Zhang Zhizhen failed to move on, losing to Germany's Struff 7-5/3-6/6-7/6-7 in the first set and stopping in the second round of the Wimbledon men's singles.
Zhu Lin 2-0 Pavlyuchenkova (6-4, 6-3)
Veteran Zhu Lin has experienced seven consecutive defeats in the first round of a Grand Slam at the beginning of her career, and has begun to usher in a chance to perform in the Grand Slam, reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open last season, the third round of the US Open, and this season's Australian Open and French Open are both first-round exits, with a 2-0 first-round win over Begu at Wimbledon and a second-round opponent against No.25 seed Pavlyuchenkova, who has reached a Grand Slam final. The last time the two played each other was at the China Open in 2014, and this is the first time in nearly 10 years that they have had a conversation.
In the first set of the game, Zhu Lin came up with momentum, forced out the break point in the first game and successfully cashed in, Pavlyuchenkova was not to be outdone and quickly completed the break 1-1 draw, after a round of their respective holds, Zhu Lin hit the opponent again, and got a 40-0 break point in the fifth game, and the bottom line was wonderful and fast to suppress the opponent to complete the break, and then resolved the break point to hold the service to cash in on the advantage, after which Zhu Lin withstood the opponent's counterattack and won the first set 6-4 under consecutive holds.
In the second set, Zhu Lin still fought hard to get a break point in the first game, Pavlyuchenkova's impatience was not high in the quality of the next serve, and Zhu Lin seized the opportunity to complete the break first. After that, Zhu Lin played a high-quality serve, did not give her opponent any chance to break in her own service game, and won another set 6-3 in a row, winning the first Wimbledon women's singles third round with a total score of 2-0, and the next round will encounter a surprise defeat to Zheng Qinwen's New Zealand-Chinese Sun Lulu.
Zhang Zhizhen 1-3 Struff (7-5/3-6/6-7/6-7)
After three consecutive defeats in the first round of the Grand Slam, Chinese player Zhang Zhizhen began to usher in a soaring record last season, the French Open and the US Open have reached the third round to create a record for Chinese men's tennis players, and this season continues to maintain a stable record The Australian Open broke into the second round, and the French Open reached the third round, and even got the No. 32 seed at Wimbledon this year, and the first round was a 3-0 sweep of Jean Vieille, and the second round opponent was the German good player Struff, who won all the previous two meetings with Struff.
In the first set, both of them maintained high-quality serves, although Zhang Zhizhen once sent a break point in the fourth game, but then resolved the crisis with consecutive high-quality serves, and the score came to a 5-5 draw. At the end of the set, Zhang Zhizhen began to attack his opponent, won a 40-0 break point in the 11th game and cashed in, and won the first set 7-5 with a hold on hold. In the second set, the two of them each wasted a break point opportunity, and in the fourth game, Zhang Zhizhen saved three break points and lost the game, after which Struff withstood Zhang Zhizhen's counterattack and won the set 6-3 in a row, and the total score was tied at 1-1.
In the third set, the two played a wonderful service game in this set, and each held serve with a 5-5 tie under consecutive high-quality serves, and Zhang Zhizhen saved two break points in the eleventh game. In the fourth set, Struff broke serve 2-0 to start, Zhang Zhizhen stubbornly broke back and the two fought again to tie-break, Zhang Zhizhen wasted three set points and saved a match point, and finally lost the tie-break 8-10, and lost the total score 1-3 to stop the second round of Wimbledon men's singles.
(Sohu Sports Original: Feng Qingyang)