2023-08-31 03:08:05
2023-08-31 11:08 United Daily News reporter Zeng Siru/Real-time report Chinese mainland opponent Zhang Zhizhen eliminated the fifth seed in the second round of the US Open.Archyde.com
Before the first two rounds of this year’s US Open have been played, the high-ranking seeds have dropped all over the ground. The 20-year-old Danish star Holger Rune, who ranked fourth in the men’s singles in the first round, fell. Today’s second round is Greek star Tsitsipas (Stefanos Tsitsipas) Waterloo, the Norwegian player Casper Ruud who reached the final last year was also upset and eliminated. He lost in 5 sets to Zhang Zhizhen, the Chinese mainland opponent who entered the US Open for the first time this year.
Ruud reached the final of the US Open last year before losing to Spain’s “Little Bull” Alcaraz (Carlos Alcaraz). This year, he reached the final of the French Open once more. The 26-year-old Zhang Zhizhen shot down 6:4, 5:7, 6:2, 0:6, 6:2, breaking another big upset on the third day of the US Open.
Norwegian player Ruud, who reached the final last year, was eliminated in the second round of the US Open.Archyde.com
This year is just the first time for Zhang Zhizhen to enter the U.S. Open. Ranked 67 in the world, he beat the landlord JJ Wolf in the first round following a 4-hour and 29-minute marathon battle. , although Zhang Zhizhen swallowed a “duck egg” in the fourth set, he broke serve first as soon as the final set started, and reversed Rude to create the biggest victory in his career.
Zhang Zhizhen ranked among the top 100 last year and became the number one player in the men’s singles in the mainland tennis world. This year, the French Open got rid of the low tide of the past three “round tours”, won two games in a row, broke into the third round and created a new record for the mainland men’s singles. The amazing journey was interrupted by Rude.
Less than 3 months later, Zhang Zhizhen and Rude, who participated in the US Open for the second time, met once more in the Grand Slam. This time, Zhang Zhizhen was replaced to welcome the victory and add another page to his record.
Not only men’s tennis is not popular, women’s singles also has many seeds shot down today, including the 18th seed of Belarus and the former “world queen” Victoria Azarenka (Victoria Azarenka), the 19th seed of Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia ) are stopped in the second round.
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