This week was a disaster day for Zhang Zhizhen and Yuan Yue, two of China's biggest players, with high hopes for both of them suffering a round.

Zhang Zhizhen, who was happy to mention the position of Asia's first brother in a surprising way, has always regarded him as a representative figure of joy and sorrow after his appearance at the Dubai 500.

Many people have risen in the rankings or become the first brother, often on the basis of victory, but Zhang Zhizhen is an exception, officially replacing Bublik as the new Asian first brother after a round of Doha tours. The goddess of fate has a special preference for Zhang Zhizhen, making him the first Chinese male player to reach the top of the Asian men's tennis, which is indeed worth celebrating.

But behind Zhang Zhizhen becoming the new first brother in Asia, it is difficult to hide his crisis and embarrassment. The crisis is that the difference between him and Bublik behind him is not large, Zhang Zhizhen is only 10 points ahead of Bublik, and the position of the first brother in Asia is very unstable and will be replaced by the latter at any time; Embarrassingly, the previous Asian No. 1 brother Kei Nishikori and Bublik both held tour titles, but Zhang Zhizhen's achievement was a blank.

Therefore, everyone hopes that Zhang Zhizhen, who participated in the Dubai 500 as the first brother in Asia, can turn pressure into motivation and strive to play well in Dubai. It would be best if you could surprise everyone by winning the championship, and even if you didn't win the championship, you can more or less make yourself the Asian champion by making it to the deeper rounds, showing everyone that it is not all about luck to reach this height.

Dubai faced Opekad in the first round, because Zhang Zhizhen had defeated him before, many people are still optimistic that the Chinese brother has hope to get off to a good start. Unexpectedly, as soon as he became the first brother in Asia, Zhang Zhizhen suffered a round of travel and was successfully avenged by Opecad.

In fact, Zhang Zhizhen lost this game, which was regarded as crucial by the outside world, not because the Chinese first brother did not play well, but because Opecad was in too good shape. In the whole game, Zhang Zhizhen's 7 aces, although not as good as Opekad's 13, are also a very acceptable result. In particular, Zhang Zhizhen's scoring rate of 88% in the second set is completely higher than that of his opponent, which shows that the state of the Chinese first brother is not bad.

The reason why Zhang Zhizhen lost the game, in addition to Operkad's explosive state, was mainly because he made two major mistakes: first, there were too many unforced mistakes, which made Zhang Zhizhen, who did not do well on the offensive end, worse; Second, the ability to deal with key points needs to be imposed.

If these two major mistakes did not happen to Zhang Zhizhen, or if they were less frequent, then it would be really difficult to predict the outcome of this key battle in terms of having a superior head-to-head record.

Of course, after Zhang Zhizhen lost this game, there are indeed a lot of things worth summarizing for him, especially when he just ascended to the position of the first brother in Asia and suffered a round of tours, which is by no means a good sign, so that some people reluctantly said, "Zhang Zhenren's Asian football king is a bit out of character." ”

Zhang Zhizhen swallowed the bitterness of defeat in the first round of the Dubai 500 Championship, putting his position as the first brother in Asia in a more stormy situation, and China's Jinhua Yuan Yue's troubles in the ranking are not much better than Zhang Zhizhen's, and Xiao Yueyue is now sounding the alarm of the top 100 ranking defense battle in advance.

Xiao Yueyue, who appeared in the Austin 250 race, has attracted much attention from the outside world like Zhang Zhizhen this time, because everyone wants to see if she can successfully defend her title.

Last year, Yuan Yue won the championship in Austin, which made her break into everyone's field of vision, from a nobody to everyone's favorite Xiao Yueyue. Since then, he has filled the gap of no sponsors with this championship, and good things have wrapped Yuan Yue one after another.

Yuan Yue, who returned to Austin as the No. 4 seed this year, was directly given a round by her opponent in the first round against Birrell and failed to defend her title early.

Although Yuan Yue lost this game, it can be seen from the two 6-7 scores that Yuan Yue is indeed very hard, but he lacks the mastery of rhythm changes and the lack of killer means to score points, which is also the core reason why Xiao Yueyue still lost in the end even though she fought for seven in both sets.

After losing last year's 249 championship points, Yuan's instant world ranking has dropped to No. 68. Considering Yuan Yue's current form, when she switches to the Indian Wells 1000, many people think that it will be difficult for her to match last year's quarterfinals in this 1000 tournament. If Xiao Yueyue performs another round of tours, the world ranking will fall directly to 98th, only one step away from falling out of the TOP100. Yuan Yue's current crisis is almost the same as Zhang Zhizhen's difficulty in keeping his position as the first brother in Asia.

At the beginning of the new season, Yuan Yue once shouted out the goal of entering the TOP20, but judging from her overall situation now, many fans and netizens believe that Xiao Yueyue should put down the new goal for the time being, how to do everything possible to improve her state, and make sure that she does not fall out of the TOP100 is the most practical, and then she has to redouble her efforts!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)