Ginger is still old and spicy! Zhang Shuai led the two veterans to create a Chinese tennis victory day

As the May Day holiday draws to a close, the Chinese veterans, mainly Zhang Shuai, also live up to expectations, bringing the Chinese audience a Chinese tennis victory day, and letting fans and netizens call Jiang still old and spicy!

After successive victories over two tennis talents, Hachika Sonobe and Jones, Zhang Shuai was completely thrust into the spotlight in Gifu, Japan.

Before the Gifu 100K and Thailand's Sawangkai won the championship, although Sawangkai was ranked higher in the world than Zhang Shuai, many people still supported the 36-year-old Chinese veteran to have the last laugh.

The reason why everyone is optimistic about Zhang Shuai is that the Chinese veterans who have played a variety of techniques well can teach the young and powerful Yuan Ba and Jones a good lesson, so of course it is not a problem to win Sa Wang Kai.

Judging from Zhang Shuai's performance in the first set, the 36-year-old Chinese veteran seems to have fully understood everyone's meaning, and he entered the state very quickly, taking the lead 6-3.

Zhang Shuai's performance in the second set was particularly commendable. In the face of Sa Wangkai's crazy counterattack at the end of the set, she did not let the scene of dropping the chain at the critical moment that had been criticized by everyone repeat, but gritted her teeth and withstood the huge pressure, maintaining the break advantage of holding a game to the end, ending the battle 6-4.

Although the level of this championship is a bit low, it has a different meaning for Zhang Shuai and Chinese tennis.

For Zhang Shuai, this is her second singles championship in three years. The last time a Chinese veteran topped the singles tournament was back in 2022, when Zhang Shuai topped the Lyon 250 in France. Everyone knows very well what Zhang Shuai has experienced in the singles arena since then, which shows how important this championship is to her confidence.

For Chinese tennis, this is the second championship won at the highest level so far in the new season, and the first title was given by Yuan Yue in the recently concluded Oelash 100K event.

Looking back at Zhang Shuai's Gifu championship this time, except for the semi-finals against Australia's 18-year-old Jones, who lost one set, the other four matches were swept by Chinese veterans in straight sets. From Gao Xinyu, Tara Rude, Sonobe Hachi, Jones and Sa Wangsa, Zhang Shuai's opponents are really stronger than one another, and the age is also younger than the other, the 36-year-old Zhang Shuai can withstand the test of five games, and it is not easy to win the championship in the end.

Of course, this hard-won championship also allowed Zhang Shuai to gain a lot, in addition to allowing the Chinese veteran to get more than 110,000 yuan in bonuses, but also allowed her to rise to 136th in the world ranking with the 100 championship points she earned.

After Zhang Shuai made a comeback from Dubai last year, her world ranking was still outside 700 at that time, and the ranking came to such a position in just over a year.

In the other tournaments that featured Chinese players last week, in addition to the happy event of veteran Zhang Shuai winning the championship in Gifu, two other Chinese veterans also performed very well.

The 36-year-old Bai Lu competed for the championship with South Korean Shin Shanxi in the Anning M25 finals, and like Zhang Shuai, he gave full play to the fighting spirit of the veteran and strong, and after facing the South Koreans to fight back to tie the big score, he withstood the pressure and won the championship in the deciding set.

Li Zhe, a 38-year-old veteran who appeared in the Wuxi CH100 qualifying tournament, also played with Japanese Hiroki Moriya in the first round.

After losing the first set 2-6, Li Zhe adjusted his state from the second set and directly turned into an invincible god of war, and finally reversed the Japanese with a strong performance of 6-2 and 6-0 and won a hearty victory.

When it comes to Chinese veterans in the past, some people say that they are old and the weakening of competitiveness has been embarrassing, but judging from the performance of the three Chinese veterans Zhang Shuai, Bai Xun and Li Zhe this time, the wild lily not only has spring, but also the power that bursts out when it blooms is also particularly amazing.

Zhang Shuai, Bai Xun and Li Zhe have used the persistence and hard work of veterans to create a long-lost victory day for Chinese tennis, and won widespread praise from the outside world.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)