News about Zhang Zhizhen

Jack Draper's mother has made a last-minute U-turn and jetted off to New York to see her son play in his US Open semi-final against Jannik Sinner , having previously seemed unsure as to whether she would watch. The Briton has surged to the latter stages of the Grand Slam without dropping a single set, seeing off Zhang Zhizhen, Facundo Díaz Acosta, Botic van de Zandschulp, Tomas Machac and number ten seed Alex de Minaur in the process. As he prepares to face the world's top tennis player at the Arthur Ashe stadium tonight, Draper will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Emma Raducanu who won the women's title in 2021. Victory tonight would also make him the first men's British Grand Slam finalist since Andy Murray lifted the Wimbledon trophy eight years ago.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: In recent years on the WTA Tour, it has seemed like winning a Grand Slam has been at least as much a curse as a blessing. Two poster girls for that theory face off on Tuesday, with 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu taking on 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin. Since her breakout year Kenin has reached only a single final and Raducanu has made none, with both admitting the pressure of backing up those major wins has at times been crippling. Kenin, now 25, was a teen prodigy and her win Down Under was far less out-of-the-blue than Raducanu's Fairytale of New York.

DANIEL MATTHEWS IN NEW YORK: British No 1 Jack Draper has confirmed his split with coach Wayne Ferreira on the eve of the US Open. Draper, the No 25 seed who takes on China's Zhang Zhizhen on Tuesday, hired the South African 'supercoach' to work alongside James Trotman in April. The 22-year-old won a first ATP Tour title and reached a career-high ranking of 25 under the regime.

Love was in the air at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as a host of lovebird competitors got up close and personal for the world to see. As the athletes travel home after two weeks of competition in the city of love, fans are still swooning over the medal winners who not only struck gold on the field of play, but in their love lives.

The Olympic mixed doubles tennis champions shared a kiss to celebrate clinching gold, just weeks after the pair broke up as a real-life couple. Czech duo Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac beat Chinese pair Zhang Zhizhen and Wang Xinyu 6-2 5-7 10-8 to win the event in Paris last night. The couple, who had been dating since 2020, announced their split last month during the Prague Open but insisted they would still compete as a team at the Olympics despite their off-court problems. Siniakova said: 'Yes, of course. It's a private matter, but of course we will play together. We are professionals.' Now fans are going wild after the seemingly reconciliatory moment and are speculating whether the pair might be getting back together.

For many, Wimbledon is the pinnacle of the tennis calendar with the tournament marked as the most prestigous among the grand slams. But world number 225 Maxime Janvier was left feeling less than impressed with his experience at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. It was the Frenchman's first forray into the main draw at The Championships having come through qualifying with wins over Yu Hisou Hu, Emilio Nava and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

Stefanos Tsitsipas has explained his reasoning for teaming up with his girlfriend Paula Badosa in the mixed doubles at the French Open. The Greek star rekindled his relationship with Badosa last month, despite the tennis couple announcing their split just weeks prior. Tsitsipas, the men's world No 9, was quizzed about the decision following his straight sets victory over China's Zhang Zhizhen in the third round.

Zhang Zhizhen defeated Casper Ruud on Wednesday at the US Open for the first Chinese man to defeat a player in the top five of the ATP rankings by defeating him. Zhang surprised No. 1 by defeating him at No. 1. For the second time, the 5 seed defeated 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 for the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. After losing his first four five-setters, he won his second five-setters to open this tournament. When Zhang qualified in 2021, he became the first Chinese man to compete in the main draw at Wimbledon in the professional era. He qualified last year at the US Open, joining Wu Yibing as the first men from their country to advance to the main draw of the year's final Grand Slam tournament.

Before heading to Melbourne this month, Ben Shelton had never stepped foot on a tennis court outside of the United States, and he had a spectacular debut to win his first main draw at a Grand Slam. Bryan, a 20-year-old Florida Gators player, had always been barred from competing internationally by his father and coach. However, at the Australian Open, he took his first foray out of the country by edging a fifth-set tie-break in a match that lasted more than three and a half hours, beating Zhang Zhizhen 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (10-4).