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jimu news reporter chen lingyan

zhang zhizhen (xinhua news agency file photo)

on the night of september 23, the semi-final of the atp hangzhou open, the "china derby" attracted the attention of a large number of fans. in the end, after 1 hour and 40 minutes, zhang zhizhen defeated buyun chaoket 7-6 (3), 6-4.

zhang zhizhen and buyun chaoket are both players with powerful serves and excellent baseline techniques, and the game was quite exciting. from the beginning of the game, the two fought hard and sparks flew.

in the first set, both players held their serve and the score was tied at 6-6. the match entered the tie-break, and the two heavy serve players fought fiercely. at the critical moment, buyun chaoket's double fault on serve became the turning point of the tie-break. zhang zhizhen won the tie-break 7-3 and won the first set.

buyunchaokete (xinhua news agency file photo)

in the second set, the two sides scored alternately again. after the score was tied at 3-3, zhang zhizhen seized the opportunity to break buyunchaoket's serve and brought the score to 4-3. then in zhang zhizhen's serve, buyunchaoket once got a break point, but at the critical moment, zhang zhizhen relied on high-quality serves to hold his serve and changed the score to 5-3.

the pressure fell on buyun chaoket. after he saved his serve, he still had to face zhang zhizhen's serve to win the match. in this game, zhang zhizhen showed no mercy and scored three match points in a row. he directly cashed in the match points and won the second set 6-4, securing the victory of the entire game.

zhang zhizhen said after the game that hangzhou is his lucky place. he won the men's singles championship at the asian games last year and made it to the finals at the hangzhou open this year. he also praised buyunchaoket: "buyunchaoket played very well today, even better than me in some aspects."

data shows that zhang zhizhen hit 10 aces in the game, more than buyunchaoket's 8; zhang zhizhen was also higher than buyunchaoket in first serve scoring rate; buyunchaoket performed better in second serve scoring rate.

it is worth mentioning that on the night of the 23rd, at the atp chengdu open, shang juncheng also advanced to the finals in the semifinals. in this way, chinese men's tennis set a new record: for the first time in the same week, two chinese male tennis players entered the men's singles finals of the tour.

regarding the new breakthroughs made by chinese men's tennis, zhang zhizhen, as the "leader", said, "we will continue to work hard and we will all try our best!"

this is zhang zhizhen's first time to enter the tour finals. in the final to be held on the evening of the 24th, he will compete with croatian veteran cilic for the championship.

(source: jimu news)

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