So far, the 2025 season does not seem to be friendly to Chinese men's tennis players within the top 100, whether it is in Grand Slam or tour, Chinese men's tennis brother Zhang Zhizhen has lost more than he won. As for Shang Juncheng, after the Australian Open, I have not seen his heroic appearance on the court. Mongolian's Buyun Chokt, on the other hand, is understandably not doing as well as he could have done well in the field as this year is his first full season on tour. However, despite this, many fans still want to see the news of the breakthrough and victory of the Chinese men's tennis players.

Just this week, when most people's eyes were focused on Zhang Zhizhen becoming the first brother of Asian men's tennis, the Maanshan Hope Tournament kicked off. As this is the first tennis tournament to be held in China in the 2025 season, even the lowest-level hope tournament still attracts many Chinese men's tennis players. Among them, there are many people whose names are not well known. For this reason, the qualifying tournament, which has always only played two rounds, has been stretched to three rounds. It's a pity that after three rounds of fierce battles, only Wang Jiaji, a Chinese men's tennis player, broke through to the main event. Li Zhe, a veteran who has played in the main draw of a Grand Slam, and Mu Tao and Wang Xiaofei, who have won the championship of the hope tournament, have not even been able to reach the decisive round of the qualifying round. This scene tells many fans that in fact, there is still a lot of room for improvement in Chinese men's tennis.

In the first round of the main event, the veteran Bai Yan, who won five hopes last season, unexpectedly lost to Australian qualifier Santilan. His defeat cast a cloud over the prospects of Chinese men's tennis players to win the championship. Fortunately, Jin Yuquan and Zhang Tianhui, who had reached the semifinals of the Hope Tournament last season, both defeated their opponents. Their further step is an inspiration for the fans and even more for other Chinese men's tennis players. Mongolian players Terigele, Mo Yecong, Lu Pengyu and Xiao Linang all defeated their opponents and advanced to the second round.

It's a pity that after the second round, Mo Yecong, Lu Pengyu, Xiao Linang, and Jin Yu were all defeated one after another. Among them, facing the third seed of the tournament, South Korea's Shin W, Lu Pengyu, who played with a wild card, stubbornly dragged his opponent into the deciding set after losing a set first, although he failed to win due to the gap in strength and experience, but also won the applause of the fans. Zhang Tianhui, on the other hand, responded calmly in the unfavorable situation of losing one set first, won two sets in a row, and defeated Japanese qualifier Junpei Yamazaki, proving with his actions that he was not only outstanding. As for the Mongolian player Terigele, he defeated his opponent completely. In this way, both made it to the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, facing another Japanese player, Yasuki Matsuda, Zhang Tianhui won in two sets and reached the semifinals of the Hope Tournament for the second time in his career. On the other side, Terrigele also swept in two sets and successfully advanced. In this way, after surviving the crises of the qualifying round and the first two rounds of the main event, the names of two Chinese men's tennis players appeared in the list of the top four of the Ma'anshan Hope Tournament, and they were only a stone's throw away from the finals.

In the semi-finals, facing Switzerland's L Castelnuovo, Zhang Tianhui continued his previous good form, swept in two sets, and reached the first hope final of his career. Terrigle, on the other hand, staged a comeback show, he defeated Germany's N Ehrenschneider and also reached the final. This is the 2025 season, the first time that Chinese men's tennis players will meet in the final. In the end, the post-05 youngsters will work hard, make persistent efforts, go further, and win their first hope championship? Or is it the Mongolian player Terigle who shows his strength in front of the younger boys, proving that ginger is still old and spicy? Everything, let's wait and see. In the process of writing this article, I have received the support of Xiao Liu from Harbin, and I would like to thank him.

A lot of times, the world of tennis is really just a teahouse. In this teahouse, there are many, many tea customers who have been here for a long time, and some of them have become quite famous. However, there are always fledgling tea drinkers who come here and look forward to tasting the sweet tea with their own efforts. And the author is just a small scholar in the corner of this teahouse who tells the stories of these tea customers in obscurity. I hope my article can bring some fresh information to all fans. Whether it's compliments or criticisms, maybe it's just to be able to get me far. That's it for today, and it continues tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)