defeated strong opponents, and won two consecutive victories in the main match of the Zhouyi Overseas Challenge

As we all know, although Chinese men's tennis players have made a series of breakthroughs in professional tennis since 2022, this year Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng frequently withdrew due to physical problems, which made the lone Mongolian player Buyun Chaoket feel powerless, and his record on the tour is not satisfactory. This fully shows that at present, the foundation of Chinese men's tennis is not thick enough, and more Chinese men's tennis players are still competing in the Hope Tournament, even if the number of Chinese men's tennis players who can compete in the Challenge Tournament is not enough. Therefore, many times, paying attention to these players competing in low-level tournaments is actually paying attention to the future of Chinese men's tennis players. Because of this, the author will pay more attention to the perspective of these players in the article, and I hope that all fans can support it more.

Last night, a Chinese men's tennis player defeated his opponent and made a new breakthrough in his career. So, who is this Chinese men's tennis player? What kind of breakthrough did he create? Today, let this article take you to take a look. The Chinese men's tennis player is Zhou Yi, and in the 2023 season, he defeated the top seed Feldbausch of Switzerland at the Australian Open junior tournament to reach the semi-finals, equaling the best Australian Open junior record held by Wu Yixuan. Although Zhou Yi failed to go further in the subsequent matches, he has already made a new breakthrough in his career.

This season, he reached the quarterfinals of his first career Challenger at the Zhuhai Challenger. Sadly, despite having won the Hope Tournament and winning both the ATP 250 and the Masters, Zhou had never won a major Challenger before this week. Because of this, many times, the media and fans will be skeptical of him.

This week's first round of the Taylor Challenge in the United States will be held against American qualifier T Hilderbrand. Although the opponent's world ranking is far lower than Zhou's, many people are not optimistic about Zhou's promotion because Zhou Yi was defeated by Australia's M Hulme, who is ranked outside 820, at the second Challenger in Brisbane in early February.

In the first set of the game, Zhou Yi sent a fritter; In the second set, although the opponent's state has recovered, however, he did not see seven, let alone tie seven, Zhou Yi defeated his opponent and won the first victory in the main draw of the overseas challenge tournament in his career. However, Zhou Yi met the third seed of the tournament, Japan's Yuta Shimizu, in the second round. This player is a former Challenger champion and has far more experience than Zhou. What's more, since the beginning of this year, Zhou Yi has never been able to defeat a player ranked within 200. Before the game, many people thought that this would be a tough fight for him.

Surprisingly, Zhou Yi played very well in this match, allowing his opponent to win only seven games in two sets, and after beating his opponent, he ushered in his first consecutive victory in the Challenger tournament of the year. At the same time, this is also the first time in Zhou Yi's career that he has won consecutive victories in overseas challenges. After sweeping his opponent, he moved up the world rankings. Next, in the quarterfinals, Zhou Yi's opponent is the sixth seed of the tournament, Japan's Rio Noguchi.

Since 2022, the player has defeated Chinese men's tennis players nine times. Not long ago, he also defeated Zhou Yi at the Little Rock Challenge. So, this time, will Zhou Yi be able to take revenge with one arrow? Perhaps, anything is possible. That's it for today, and it will continue tomorrow.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Yixin Jushi)