China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen's trip to Rotterdam is over, and public opinion about China's first brother has also followed.

After the end of the Australian Open, seeing Zhang Zhizhen beat the Russian star Rublev in the first round of the Rotterdam 500 tournament, many people were happy for the Chinese first brother and thought that Zhang Zhizhen's signing luck was good.

After entering the 2025 season, Rublev is a top 10 player in the world, but many people describe him as a soft club, the Hong Kong 250 was upset by Marosanne, the first round of the Australian Open was thwarted by Fonseca, and the Montpellier 250 lost to Kovacevic in the first round. Then, Rublev, who can lose in this way, met Zhang Zhizhen in the first round of Rotterdam, which naturally makes people feel that the Chinese brother defeated the Russian celebrity and has great hope of avenging the previous loss.

Zhang Zhizhen and Rublev had played each other three times before meeting in Rotterdam, in Astana in 2022 and Dubai and Cincinnati in 2024.

For the Chinese brother who wants to hit the TOP30 goal, after the start of the new season, Zhang Zhizhen in addition to winning a victory in the United Cup, and then fell into a cycle of consecutive defeats.

When the two officially met in the first round in Rotterdam, fans and netizens in the live broadcast room were very interested in this key battle, wanting to see if Zhang Zhizhen could "handle" Rublev like Marosang, Fonseca and Kovacevic, so that the world's top 10 player ushered in four consecutive defeats in the new season.

Fans and netizens in the live broadcast room watched Zhang Zhizhen's revenge battle with strong expectations, and they all wanted to know whether their judgment was accurate or not. Just when everyone wanted to see how the first brother of China gave Rublev a dismount in the first set, they didn't expect that the person who took the lead was not a Russian famous player, but Zhang Zhizhen. After the Russian star broke Zhang Zhizhen's serve in the fourth game, no matter how hard the Chinese brother tried to equalize the score and return the game to the same running line, the Russian star kept his serve to the death, and did not give Zhang Zhizhen any chance at all, so as to take the next game 6-3.

After Rublev heard the cards in advance, the fans and netizens in the live broadcast room were a little surprised by the result of the first set, and some people bluntly said at that time that Rublev had almost reached the point where anyone could lose, and his state was simply indescribable, why did the law against Zhang Zhizhen fail, "Can anyone tell me what happened?" Next, can our brother Zhang work hard and create surprises? ”

After the end of the second set, what the outside world was waiting for was not a surprise, but Zhang Zhizhen lost this set, allowing Rublev to end the whole game in one fell swoop and usher in the first win of the new season.

Zhang Zhizhen was favored to "handle" Rublev like Marosang, Fonseca and Kovacevic before the game, to losing to the Russian star in the last two sets, and everyone was discussing why the Chinese brother did not let Rublev suffer a fourth heavy defeat in the new season, and everyone bluntly said that it was hard to believe why Zhang Zhizhen did not do it.

In fact, Zhang Zhizhen did not defeat the Russian star in the first round against Rublev in Rotterdam, not because the state of the ruble baby has improved greatly compared with the previous three losses, or because he suddenly played chicken blood, but basically maintained the balance with before, and there is no big change.

But even against such a Rublev, Zhang Zhizhen only forced a break point in the whole game, and was finally saved by the Russian star, which also made many people worry that the 27-year-old Zhang Zhizhen will suddenly become old, lose his competitiveness on the tour, and then fall into a series of defeats and can't get out, otherwise why can other people do what they can do against Rublev, but the Chinese brother can't do.

Everyone's sudden worry about Zhang Zhizhen, as more and more people participate in the discussion, it is inevitable that the first brother of China will lose to Rublev and suffer three consecutive defeats on the tour in the new season.

However, some people put forward different opinions, bluntly saying that in the match against Rublev, Zhang Zhizhen couldn't see any excitement at all, "It's like the kind of migrant worker who just went to work after the Spring Festival, just fishing, and it is not surprising that he cannot win this competition that has attracted much attention from the outside world." ”

Whether Zhang Zhizhen's loss to Rublev was caused by distraction, or whether he really suddenly lost his competitiveness because of age, it is really impossible to blindly draw conclusions now, after all, the new season has just started, and it is necessary to see what kind of performance Zhang Zhizhen has in the next games to know a rough idea.

After being given a round tour by Rublev in Rotterdam, Zhang Zhizhen partnered with Dodiger in the doubles court, and the two did not encounter any sparks, being defeated by the combination of Gille and Zielinski in two sets, and the singles and doubles suffered a round in Rotterdam.

After losing to Rublev, Zhang Zhizhen had to face another cruel fact, the instant world ranking fell out of the TOP50, if the first brother of China wants to improve the ranking and keep the position of the first brother, and is not easily replaced by Shang Juncheng, then he really has to work hard.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)