NEW YORK—Casper Ruud, the 2022 US Open runner-up, was eliminated Wednesday night when Zhang Zhizhen became the first Chinese man to beat a player in the top five of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. Zhang upset the No. 5 seed 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 to reach the…
Zhang Zhizhen upsets No. 5 Casper Ruud to reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time.NEW YORK—Casper Ruud, the 2022 US Open runner-up, was eliminated Wednesday night when Zhang Zhizhen became the first Chinese man to beat a player in the top five of the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.
He wasn’t discouraged by those previous losses, with the breakthrough finally coming Monday when he outlasted J.J. Wolf in 4 1/2 hours. Zhang became the first Chinese man to compete in the main draw at Wimbledon in the professional era when he qualified in 2021. He qualified last year at the US Open, joining Wu Yibing as the first men from their country in the main draw of the year’s final Grand Slam tournament.
“I mean, I’m not sitting here super disappointed with things that I could have done better or my level, but at the most important moments he was the better player. He stepped up,” Ruud said. “That was different from Paris. I think in Paris I was the one who really stepped up when I had to. It’s a different surface, of course. But he has a great serve, beautiful backhand, and forehand, also. When it’s on, it’s on and really dangerous.
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