In a key match in the second round of the Paris Olympic Mixed Doubles tennis that ended in the early morning of August 1, Beijing time, the Chinese pair Wang Xinyu/Zhang Zhizhen defeated the No. 2 seeds, Australia's Perez/Ibden, and entered the Olympic mixed doubles semi-finals for the first time. The scores in the three sets were 6-7 (8), 7-6 (8) and 10-5.

【World Ranking】

Wang Xinyu, ranked 34th in the world in doubles, won last year's French Open women's doubles title and is also the highest-ranked female player in China. Zhang Zhizhen is ranked 47th in the world in doubles, and Zhang Zhizhen is the highest-ranked male player in China regardless of singles and doubles. This is also the first time that the Chinese delegation has participated in the Olympic tennis mixed doubles event.

【Confrontation Situation】

Since Wang Xinyu temporarily replaced Zheng Qinwen and partnered Zhang Zhizhen, the two pairs have never played each other in a Grand Slam before.

【Contest Review】

In the first set, Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu were the first to break serve at one point, but then quickly broke back. The two sides then entered a tie-break, and in the tie-break, the Chinese pair once led 4-1, and finally missed the set point to lose the tie-break game 6-8, losing the first set.

In the second set, Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu was once again the first to break in the 7th game, but quickly broke back in the 8th game to chase down to 4 draws. In the 10th game, the Chinese team forced a break point but failed to deliver it. After that, the two sides held their own serves, and the second set also entered the tie-break, in the tie-break, Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu saved 2 match points, and finally reversed 10-8, won the second set of the tie-break, and pulled the total score to a 1-1 draw.

According to the rules, the Olympic doubles tiebreaker is directly tied for ten games. Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu led all the way, and finally won the deciding set 10-5 to tie ten, and eliminated the opponent in an upset to advance to the semifinals.

【Next Round Opponent】

After advancing to the semi-finals, Zhang Zhizhen/Wang Xinyu will face the Netherlands pair of Kurhoff/Scholes for a place in the Olympic mixed doubles final.