After the release of the latest ATP world rankings, some people bluntly said that they were not only happy that Shang Juncheng was about to improve his ranks, but also worried about China's first brother Zhang Zhizhen.

In this latest ranking list, Sinner is as eye-catching as Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng's names.

The Italian is off a cliff with 11,830 points, and the world No. 1 position is very secure, so that Zverev Jr., who is in second place with 8,235 points, and Alcaraz, who is third with 7,510 points, are indeed not comparable to Sinner.

The moment the ATP world rankings were announced, a very interesting topic also arose on the public opinion side, how long can Sinner stay on the throne of the ball king, and does Zverev Jr. have a chance to replace the Italian and realize his dream of being the world No. 1?

The topic has been raised, mainly because Sinner's drug ban lawsuit is coming soon, with multiple sources suggesting that the Italian will be banned for at least a year. If this is the case, it means that Sinner will not be able to participate in many matches in the 2025 season, which also means that the Italians will not be able to secure points in many major competitions in advance, and a sharp drop in the ranking will become inevitable.

In the eyes of many, once Sinner falls out of the ball throne, the opportunity for Zverev Jr. behind him will come.

But now judging from the ranking points of the world's top 10 players, it is really hard to say whether Zverev Jr. can become the new world No. 1. For example, Alcaraz behind him, the current point gap with him is only 725 points, which also makes Zverev put forward higher requirements than Zverev, if he wants to seize the opportunity of Sinner's ban to become the world's No. 1, the next performance must be stable and good, at least not easily fall out of the world's second position, otherwise if he is surpassed by Alcaraz, he may really be far away from becoming the world's No. 1.

In addition to the future fate of Sinner, the current ranking of Chinese players is also not optimistic.

After suffering a round of travel at the Australian Open, many people thought that Zhang Zhizhen was caused by the fact that his state was not adjusted in time. However, the first brother of China played against Rublev, who was not in the best state in the Rotterdam 500 Tournament, from being unanimously optimistic before the game to be expected to take advantage of the current "soft pestle" to suffering a round of tours, such a performance made many fans and netizens cry out disappointed.

Some people said that they always thought that Rotterdam was a good opportunity for Zhang Zhizhen to increase his scores, but he suffered a round of tours, "Such a performance, how to compete with Shang Juncheng for the position of China's first brother." ”

Zhang's poor performance on tour has also seen him drop two places in the latest ATP rankings, where he has dropped out of the top 50 to No. 52.

At the beginning of the new season, China's first brother said that one of the top tasks this year is to hit the TOP30 rankings, and now he is getting farther and farther away from the expected goal, which also makes many people worry that Zhang Zhizhen's TOP30 ranking goal will only become the full moon above his head in the end, and he will never be able to reach it, after all, his current state is really worrying.

Now, with Zhang Zhizhen falling out of the TOP50, there are no Chinese players among the top 50 players in the world. Shang Juncheng, who was originally young, energetic and energetic, is expected to hold the glory of the TOP50 for the Chinese men's tennis, but the ranking of the second Chinese brother who has suspended due to physical reasons has also slipped this week and fell to the current 54th.

Although the decline in the ranking of Chinese men's players is worrying, the competition for the position of China's first brother has not weakened, but has become more fierce than before.

Zhang Zhizhen's current score of 1050 is only 25 points more than Shang Juncheng behind him. Next, as long as Shang Juncheng shows up in the arena and plays two games, and Zhang Zhizhen is still performing so badly at present, there is a high probability that he can easily replace him and become the new first brother in China.

When talking about the battle for China's first brother before, Zhang Zhizhen once bluntly said that he would definitely perform well in the arena and consolidate his current position.

However, judging from Zhang Zhizhen's current deep circle of losing, it seems that he has reached the point where it is difficult to extricate himself, and what he uses to consolidate his current position does make it difficult for the outside world to trust him 100%.

In the first round of the Rotterdam 500 against Rublev, some people described the Russian star's current poor form as a toothless old man, because he could lose to Marosanne, be beaten by newcomer Fonseca, and even the little-known Kovacevic could defeat the ruble baby, but Zhang Zhizhen couldn't. This incident made people very worried at the time whether the Chinese first brother had serious symptoms of decline in competitive status because of the age of 28, if it was really misfortunate by the fans and netizens, then the crisis that Zhang Zhizhen would face at that time was not only as simple as losing the position of the first brother in China at any time, but also how to find a way to regain his form and regain the confidence of the outside world in him. It seems that Zhang Zhizhen is really going to rise strongly!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)