In the early morning of August 25th, Beijing time, the 2022 US Open Open continued to compete in the first round of qualifying. China's "big brother" Zhang Zhizhen -0 defeated Argentina veteran Trangeridi and successfully advanced. This also means that the five players (2 men and 3 women) of the Chinese Legion who participated in the qualifying round have all passed the first round. And they all advanced in straight sets, which was a very good performance.
This is Zhang Zhizhen’s fifth time playing in a Grand Slam adult men’s singles event, and it is also his first US Open singles match. In the first round of qualifying, his opponent was Argentine veteran Trangeridi, who broke into the second round of the men's singles main draw at the US Open last year. Grand Slam qualifying experience and main draw experience are both better than Zhang Zhizhen.
But in the competition, Zhang Zhizhen gave full play to his level. He won the first set strongly 6-4. In the second set, although he was broken first in the opening game and faced a 0-3 adversity, Zhang Zhizhen quickly adjusted his condition, breaking and losing in 5 straight games, and finally won the opponent 6-4.
The entire match took 1 hour and 19 minutes. According to post-match statistics, Zhang Zhizhen hit 8 ACES balls in this battle, and his second-serve scoring rate was as high as 83%. Such a strong performance helped him successfully sweep his opponents in 2 sets. After winning this battle, Zhang Zhizhen received 8 points and 33,600 US dollars. In the next round, Zhang Zhizhen will compete across the net with the winner between Argentine player Collarini and Italian Moroni. Let us continue to look forward to Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yibing continuing to work hard and strive to enter the US Open main draw.
