Since the beginning of the year, the overall performance of the Chinese army has been relatively sluggish, which is not only reflected in the leaders such as Zheng Qinwen and Zhang Zhizhen, but also the performance of some second-tier players, which is very rare in the past.
The past year has been a year of comprehensive rise of Chinese tennis, not only Zheng Qinwen broke into the Grand Slam women's singles final for the first time and won the Olympic women's singles gold medal for the first time, but also the men's team has also achieved better and better results, and even won the seeding ranking at Wimbledon last year. However, there are ups and downs are the norm in professional tennis, if last year was the climax of Chinese tennis, then this year is definitely the "cold wave" of Chinese tennis, after the start of the new season, Chinese players not only created the worst results in recent years at the Australian Open, but also reached the point of "hard to win" on the tour.
Since the end of the Australian Open, the results of Chinese men's and women's players on the tour are as follows:
Singapore 250 Semifinals: Wang Xinyu
Montpellier 250 quarter: Buyun Chaokert
Dallas 500 First Round: Buyun Chaokert
Rotterdam 500 first round: Zhang Zhizhen
Abu Dhabi 500 first round: Yuan Yue
Doha 1000 first round: Wang Xinyu > Zheng Qinwen > Yuan Yue
Marseille 250 quarter: Zhang Zhizhen
Deira Beach 250 Round 2: Buyun Chaoket
Dubai 1000 first round: Wang Xinyu & Zheng Qinwen
Doha 500 first round: Zhang Zhizhen
Rio de Janeiro 500 First Round: Buyun Chaokert
Acapulco 500 First Round: Buyun Chokert
Dubai 500 first round: Zhang Zhizhen
Austin 250 first round: Yuan Yue & Wei Sijia
It is worth mentioning that at present, Chinese women's players have suffered a collective nine-game losing streak, while Chinese men's players have also suffered a collective five-game losing streak, and the Chinese players' 8-17 record after the Australian Open is also "rare in history".
This week, for example, defending champion Yuan Yue played at Austin, but lost to the little-known Birrell 6-7(5) 6-7(5), and stopped Austin in the first round, and the instant ranking fell directly to No.68, and it is difficult to find a win in the new season. And Wei Sijia, who won consecutive victories from the qualifying round and broke into the main game, although she also lost, for her, being able to enter the main match can be regarded as a big surprise for many fans.
On the men's side, although in Doha, due to the loss of Bubrik's big points, Zhang Zhizhen sat on the throne of Asia's first brother, but in the first round of Dubai, Zhang Zhizhen regrettably lost 3-6 6-7 (3) to France's Perricard, which is still embarrassing. In this regard, a fan said, "It's not so much that I sat in the position of the first brother in Asia, but that it was the opponent's hand-in-hand." What's even more embarrassing is that Zhang Zhizhen has suffered ten first-round exits in the last 11 tournaments.
However, the most regrettable thing is that Buyun Chaoket, this year, Xiao Bu has traveled almost half the world (Australian Open, Montpellier hard court, Dallas hard court, Delray Beach hard court, Rio red clay, Acapulco hard court), but the record is particularly dismal. In the first round of this week's Acapulco, Buyun squandered a 6-2 4-2 advantage in the opening game, and finally wasted serve to win the game 6-2 6-7(5) 6-7(5) and lost all three of his matches.
As of this week, the Chinese male players have scored points this year:
1. Shang Juncheng 110 points, 3 wins and 2 losses
2. Buyun Chaoket 85 points, 3 wins and 8 losses
3. Zhang Zhizhen 80 points, 4 wins and 8 losses
FOR THIS SITUATION, SOME FANS CONSULTED DEEPSEEK, WHICH HAS RECENTLY CAUGHT FIRE, AND THE ANSWER WAS, "THE REASONS FOR THE COLLECTIVE DOWNTURN OF THE CHINESE ARMY ARE MORE COMPLEX, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE ONE HAND, BECAUSE OF STATE FLUCTUATIONS AND PHYSICAL LOAD, ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE OVERALL COMPETITIVE ECOLOGY, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE OF THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND PRESSURE FROM ALL PARTIES, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO SUCH A START." ”(Source: Tennis Home Author: Lu Xiaotian)