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Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history

Make history! China's Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver in mixed doubles tennis at the Paris Olympics.

Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history
Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history
Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history
Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history
Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history
Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history
Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu won silver and made history

Wang Xinyu/Zhang Zhizhen won the silver and set the best mixed doubles record in Chinese tennis at the Olympic Games

On August 3, Beijing time, in the tennis mixed doubles gold medal match of the Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese combination Wang Xinyu/Zhang Zhizhen won the second set 7-5 after losing one set 2-6, and defeated the Czech pair Siniakova/Makhac 8-10 in the deciding set to win the silver medal.

This is the first time that Chinese tennis has won a medal in the mixed doubles event at the Olympic Games, and it is also the second time in 16 years that Chinese tennis has won an Olympic doubles medal after Zheng Jie/Yan Zi won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Source | @人民日报. CCTV Sports

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