Zhang Zhizhen won the men's doubles championship for the first time
In the men's doubles final of the 2024 ATP Marseille station, Zhang Zhizhen Mahachi played against Rusuvuori Salminen, and in the end, Zhang Zhizhen won the championship with a straight score of 2-0 in two sets, good news for the Chinese men's tennis! Go down in history: Zhang Zhizhen became the first Chinese mainland player to win the men's doubles title on the ATP Tour.
Zhang Zhizhen is China's first brother, and he has performed well in singles and men's doubles at the Australian Open, especially in men's doubles, which advanced to the top 4, and his partner at that time was Mahachi. In this Emarseille competition, although Zhang Zhizhen did not go far in singles, his partner with Mahachi went all the way to the finals! Rusuvuori Salmineen is a Finnish pair, this is the first meeting between the two sides, and the doubles is also very fortuitous, for Zhang Zhizhen, there is a great hope of winning the title.
In the first set, the two sides played a relatively close game, and they all completed the hold in the first seven games, and Zhang Zhizhen took a slight lead 4-3. In the 8th game, Zhang Zhizhen and Mahachi scored consecutive points in a passive situation to complete the break first, leading 5-3. In the 9th game, Zhang Zhizhen and Mahach cashed in the service game again in the 0-30 situation, taking the next game 6-3 and leading 1-0.
In the second set, in the 9th game, Zhang Zhizhen and Mahachi broke serve, and in the 10th game, the two cashed in to win the game with their serves, 6-4 and the next game, defeating their opponents 2-0 and successfully winning the championship. According to statistics, the two have achieved an excellent record of 8 wins and 1 loss at the beginning of the year.
After the game, Zhang Zhizhen and Mahachi happily won the cup, congratulated them, and looked forward to more surprises they could bring.