The Shaanxi National Games tennis tournament ended, and Li Zhe defeated Zhang Xuan 2-0 in the men's singles final to win the championship. It is worth mentioning that both are veterans who have been fighting for many years, Li Zhe is 34 years old and Zhang Xuan is 31 years old.
Veteran Li Zhe
Zhang Xuanhe and coach
The much-watched star of hope, Zhang Zhizhen, lost to Zhang Xuan in the semifinals and eventually won the bronze medal, while the 2017 US Open junior champion Wu Yiyu did not even advance to the final four, which made people sigh involuntarily, indicating that in the past decade or so, China's men's tennis level has still hovered in place.
Zhang Zhizhen
Here are some cold facts about Men's Tennis in China (Mainland):
1. Not a single male player has ever made it into the top 100 in the world rankings
2. No male player has yet made it to the second round of a Grand Slam
3. Not a single male player has ever won the ATP Tour
Compared with the glory created by the Chinese women's tennis team, Chinese men's tennis is too outdated. Compared with Japan and South Korea, the gap between China's men's nets is also very obvious. Japan's Kei Nishikori has reached the final of the US Open, the world ranking has reached fourth, and South Korea has also produced a good player like Zheng Hyun, and Chinese Taipei's Lu Yanxun has also achieved good results in the ATP field. The status of the Chinese (mainland) men's tennis team in Asia is comparable to that of the national football team.
Kei Nishikori
Wu Yiyu won the men's singles championship at the 2017 US Open Junior Championship, and Zhang Zhizhen broke into the main tournament in three consecutive qualifiers at Wimbledon this year, creating the history of Chinese male players at Wimbledon. These two younger players are considered to be the hope of Chinese tennis, if they can meet in the final of the National Games, at least it shows that the Chinese men's tennis team is improving, and the veteran will be replaced by a new person, but this is not the case. Even Big Brother can't win, let alone defeat high-level players abroad? The fans were so disappointed.
Wu Yiyu
Once, when a reporter asked Li Na why China's men's tennis has not risen for a long time, Li Na's answer was "They haven't woken up yet." "Yeah, when exactly will they wake up?"
It is worth mentioning that in the ongoing US Open competition, there is a child named Shang Juncheng in the youth group, who is the child of former football star Shang Yi, who ranks first in the youth group and has now entered the round of 16. Born in 2005, Shang Juncheng has been practicing playing abroad since he was a child, often has the opportunity to play with high-level players abroad, and the progress is very fast, maybe he is the hope of the Chinese men's tennis, let's wait.
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