Zhizhen Zhang akufuna kupitiliza kupanga mbiri. Wachitchaina woyamba kulowa nawo 100 apamwamba paudindo wa ATP, kuti athe kulowa nawo gawo lomaliza lachisanu ndi chitatu la Masters 1.000 komanso kutero kuma quarterfinals. Cholinga chake chotsatira: kukhala woyamba motsutsana ndi anayi apamwamba. Chopinga chomwe chili pamaso pake lero ndi Aslan Karatsev.
Iyi ndiyo duel yodabwitsa kwambiri pamutu uwu wa Mutua Madrid Open, ndi osewera awiri otsika kwambiri a quarterfinalists onse: Chinese ndi nambala 99, ndi Russian, 121. Msonkhano wokhawo pakati pa awiriwa unachitika mu gawo loyamba la ATP 500 ku Astana. Karatsev anapita ku duel pafupi kwambiri (4-6, 6-4 ndi 6-1).
Zhang akubwera mumasewera amasiku ano ngati katswiri wanthawi yopuma. M'masewera anayi omwe adasewera mu Caja Mágica, aku China adakwanitsa masewera asanu ndi awiri, ndikuchita bwino kwambiri mokomera 6-1. Zomwe zili ku Madrid, malinga ndi Zhang, zimakonda kuti atha kufika kumapeto kuti asunge ntchito yake: "Ndichifukwa chake masewera ambiri opumira. Ngakhale sindingathe kupeza nthawi yopuma, ndikhoza kupambana masewerawo."
Mfumu ya tayi yothyoka
Chitsanzo chomaliza cha mphamvu za Zhang kumapeto kwa seti zidabwera mumasewera ake a 10. Polimbana ndi Taylor Fritz adataya seti yoyamba ndipo adafika pachimake m'magawo awiri otsatira. Anatenga zonse ziwiri ndikupeza chigonjetso chake choyamba pa 3 yapamwamba (6-7, 6-5 (7) ndi 6-8 (XNUMX)).
Mwa omwe adazunzidwa ndi Denis Shapovalov ndi Cameron Norrie, onse mwa anthu makumi atatu abwino kwambiri padziko lapansi, omwe adatsogolera machesi awiri a seti atatu aliyense. Otsatira aku Madrid ali okondwa ndi ulendo wa Zhang ndipo lero awona kuyesa kwake kupitiliza kupanga mbiri.
Kwa mbali yake, Karatsev akuyang'ana mumpikisano wopambana wosayembekezereka. Wa Russia adayamba ulendo wake ku Madrid Lolemba pa 24, akusewera masewera am'mbuyomu ndipo lero ali mu quarterfinals. Atachotsa osewera awiri apamwamba 30 mugawo lachiwiri ndi lachitatu -Botic van de Zandschulp ndi Álex de Miñaur-, adasiya zabwino kwambiri pagulu la 3. Pasanathe ola limodzi ndi theka, iye anachotsa mnzake Daniil Medvedev, mbewu yachiwiri ndi nambala 7 padziko lapansi (6-1 (6) ndi 4-XNUMX).
Struff wosayembekezeka, Tsitsipas wotsutsa watsopano
Masewero omwe amamaliza ma quarterfinals a drawbacks a amuna akuyika Stefanos Tsitsipas ndi Jan-Lennard Struff pa mkangano, wachiwiri mwa 'mwayi otayika' aku Germany kuti afike kumapeto komaliza. Atapulumutsidwa atachotsedwa mu 'qualification' chifukwa cha kuvulala kwa Fabio Fognini, Struff adakweza masewera ake mpaka adakwanitsa kulowa mugulu lomwe nthawi zambiri limasungidwa mitu yambewu.
Kumbali yake, Tsitsipas, yemwe anazolowera kwambiri masewera amtunduwu, wasonkhanitsa zokopa pamene mpikisano ukupita patsogolo. Atapanga chomaliza ku Barcelona, adavutika ndi Dominic Thiem ndi Sebastián Báez m'mipikisano yoyamba. Kumbali inayi, adapambana momveka bwino mavumbulutso ena a mpikisanowo, waku Spain Bernabé Zapata, pamasewera a XNUMX.
