On January 16, Beijing time, Zhang Zhizhen and Mahachi won the first round of the men's doubles at the 2025 Australian Open, and they got off to a good start with a 7-5/6-4 victory over Andreozzi/Alibharge. In this year's Australian Open, in addition to signing up for men's singles and men's doubles, Zhang Zhizhen also partnered with the current world No. 1 Siniakova in women's doubles to participate in the mixed doubles competition.

Zhang Zhizhen/Mahachi

This is the first time Zhang and Mahachi have been together since last year's ATP Vienna, and it is also the first doubles match Zhang has played this season. Commenting on the performance of the match after the match, Zhang Zhizhen said: "The doubles played very happily, but we haven't matched for a while, and it was a pity that Vienna lost in three sets last time with us, but both of us played very well in that match, and they also won the championship, and we were still talking about it before we played today." And then because he [Mahachi] still has singles, I've already lost, so it's actually very open. ”

Last year, Zhang Zhizhen/Mahachi broke into the men's doubles semifinals in the Australian Open, and Zhang Zhizhen said that he and Mahachi's main event is singles, and he does not have too many expectations. "Doubles is not the main event, but if you lose singles, if you can play doubles, you have to try. I feel the same with him, so it's good to win, and we're going to do everything we can without affecting his singles. ”

This is Zhang Zhizhen's first time in a Grand Slam "three-front battle", and he said that he wants to maintain his form through the competition. "There is still the Davis Cup in the back, and I will definitely have to go back to China, so I actually reluctantly reported three because I lost in singles. After I went back, I didn't have too many good places to train, and I didn't want to go back early, because it was cold, and there were not so many people who trained, and I was not interested. So I think it's a very good choice to stay here. ”

Talking about the process of combining with Siniakova, Zhang Zhizhen recalled that the two sides actually had contact at the US Open last year, but because of his knee discomfort at the time, he did not cooperate with each other. The deadline for registration for this year's Australian Open mixed doubles is this Tuesday, and due to Zhang Zhizhen's low ranking, there are not many partners who want to enter the main draw, so he took the initiative to contact the other party to register for mixed doubles. "I'm very nervous, it's rare to match the world's No. 1 for the first time, and it's also the first time for me to match a foreigner, so I'm quite excited. Of course she's a very good doubles player, everybody knows it, so I'm trying to fight the pressure. ”

Zhang Zhizhen mentioned that he watched Zheng Qinwen's women's singles second round yesterday. "Because we played in the United Cup, and Gao Xinyu said that she (Sigmund) was playing her (Sigmund's) forehand, but yesterday her forehand also played well, and the slash was also very daring to hit, and all kinds of slashes pushed Zheng Qinwen's forehand to the top. It's hard to see Zheng Qinwen have the upper hand in women's tennis, generally speaking, you say that she loses and loses the game, we see a lot, and yesterday's kind of bottom line is really rare. She also has experience in competitions, and she also has that kind of strength, she really played well at that time, and it is normal to lose. ”

"Rankings are ranking, rankings can only mean that last year, or you have a year, your results are relatively stable, at least you have the ability to be there. But this game is not to say that I am ranked high today, I just can play well, because it depends on the performance of the day. Everyone may have a little injury today, and whoever can say this clearly can only look at the on-the-spot performance, and the uncertainty factor is still quite high. ”

(Text and editor: Dato)