Zhang Zhizhen's withdrawal allowed Shang Juncheng to lie down and win the upper position, and the battle for China's first brother entered the three-legged era

Zhang Zhizhen withdrew from the Rome Masters! When everyone was deeply surprised by this news, it also made the pattern of Chinese men's tennis change greatly overnight!

After withdrawing from several competitions one after another, Zhang Zhizhen was invited by Lawrence to appear at the award ceremony with his wife, which made the Chinese first brother enter everyone's field of vision. saw Zhang Zhizhen showing off his handsomeness in a short-haired suit, and everyone thought that he was officially returning from the Rome Masters.

Everyone thinks that Zhang Zhizhen's appearance at Lawrence is a strong signal of his return, and the reason is very simple, if the injury of the first brother in China is not good, he should not give up the opportunity to rest and adjust in China, and travel a long way to join in the excitement. Heading to Europe at this time is definitely getting ready for the Rome Masters.

In addition, Zhang Zhizhen has not played any convincing performance since he ascended to the throne of the first brother in Asia, which has led to the intensification of the crisis of the position of the first brother, and Shang Juncheng behind him may surpass him at any time, and even Buyun Chaoket, who is currently known as the third brother of China, has the potential to replace the first brother.

Then, for these two reasons alone, it is naturally believed that Zhang Zhizhen will most likely officially return from Rome.

However, everyone's excitement just got up, and in the end they were repelled by Zhang Zhizhen's cold official announcement of his retirement, and the first brother of China officially announced that he had withdrawn from the competition of the Rome Masters, continued to maintain rest mode, and was very likely to prepare to parachute into the French Open.

After the news of Zhang Zhizhen's withdrawal from Rome was disclosed by the media, another bad news followed. Since Zhang Zhizhen reached the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters last year, after the 200 points in the quarterfinals were deducted, his ranking will fall directly to 80th, which also means that Shang Juncheng, who is also in the current offseason, has received this retirement gift from Zhang Zhizhen, and has won the top position and ascended to the throne of the first brother of China that the outside world wants, and the Chinese men's tennis has entered the era of post-00 domination.

Zhang Zhizhen first became China's first brother, dating back to September 30, 2019. At that time, with the 20 points he earned in the second round of the Zhuhai 250 tournament, he surpassed the then Chinese No. 1 brother Bai Xun in one fell swoop, and thus began to dominate the Chinese men's tennis.

After Zhang Zhizhen became the first brother in China, although he did not win any tour championships during this period, he never gave up the position of the first brother in the face of the pursuit of Wu Yixuan, who was on the rise at that time, which shows how stable Zhang Zhizhen's results are.

Of course, Wu Yixuan's hard work and catching up finally made him fulfill his long-cherished wish in 2023 and become the new first brother in China.

Wu Yixuan won the Dallas 250 tournament that year, won the first tour championship for the Chinese men's tennis, and made a major breakthrough in his career, so he had the opportunity to replace Zhang Zhizhen.

It's a pity that Wu Yixuan didn't stay long in the position of China's first brother, and soon Zhang Zhizhen returned to the throne of the first brother with his excellent and stable performance on the field, and has been withdrawn from the Rome Masters until now, and was replaced by Shang Juncheng.

Before Shang Juncheng became the first brother of New China, Zhang Zhizhen also gave him several opportunities to replace himself, but Xiao Shang's classmates failed to grasp the opportunity in the arena for various reasons, and now he has become the new first brother of China by lying down and winning, which is also jokingly called by many people This process is really full of drama.

After Shang Juncheng took the position and became the new pride of the post-00s, another realistic question was also put in front of everyone, how long can Xiao Shang stay in this position, can he maintain the control of the first brother's throne for many years like the previous big brother, or is it like Wu Yixuan back then, "don't ask for eternity, just want to have it"?

Judging from the current ranking points, Shang Juncheng's 892 points are only 35 points more than Buyun Chaoket's 857 points behind him, but considering that Xiaobu won the challenge championship in Wuxi in May last year, there are 75 points to protect, while Shang Juncheng only has 20 points to protect, after the two deduct 75 points and 20 points respectively, Shang Juncheng is 90 points ahead of Buyun Chaoket.

This also means that as long as Buyun Chaokert reaches the round of 16 at the Rome Masters, he will be able to replace Shang Juncheng as the new Chinese first brother in early May. However, Xiao Bu has never been very good at clay combat, and it is quite difficult to hope that he will replace Shang Juncheng's first brother in such a short period of time.

However, Buyun Chaoket still has a chance to replace Shang Juncheng later.

Shang Juncheng has now confirmed his withdrawal from all clay tournaments, including the French Open, and Buyun Chaoket will continue to play, which also makes the competition for the position of China's first brother more and more fierce, and China's first brother still has the possibility of changing hands after the French Open.

Moreover, after Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng officially return to the arena, judging from the current three-legged competition for the first brother, the competition for the first brother of the Chinese men's tennis will be as fierce as ever before.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)