Chinese Zhizhen Zhang confirmed in Madrid that the Asian giant can dominate “all sports”

“The Chinese will dominate all sports; they just have to propose it”. The phrase is repeated every time there is an important competition but there are examples of the superiority of the athletes of that country in disciplines foreign to them and their customs. Who would have guessed that one Chinese would be an NBA figure at the time, that another would be an Olympic champion in the 110m hurdles in 2004, or that a third would become the new chess king? With more than 1,425 million inhabitants, China is the second most populous country and, it is proven, quality comes from quantity.

The Chinese were also important players in tennis at the time. Among others, the most significant names were those of Li Nawho won two Grand Slams and was No. 1 in the world; shuai peng, No. 1 in doubles; AND Ting Li, Sun Tiantian, Yan Zi and Zheng Jie, four Olympic medals. Special training programs – with many Argentines involved such as Carlos Titti Rodríguez (Li Na’s coach) Francesco Matelli (it was three years since 2013) or Alexander Dulkofor example – and the need for women to break out of an absolutely male-dominated society and transcend into the world beyond government pressure (at the time, 80 percent of players’ earnings went back to the country) were the keys to that success.

Now the Chinese want to repeat with men. The arrival of Zhizhen Zhang to the quarterfinals of Masters of Madrid 1000 It is the latest news that tennis has given that we will have to pay attention to. It’s not alone, too. Also in front of him is Yibing Wu, who is 23 and became the first tennis player from his country to win an ATP (Dallas). And behind them are Juncheng Shang, who is 18 years old and has a big projection, and Bu Yunchaokete, 21 years old and recent champion in the Seoul challenger.

“The Chinese will dominate all sports…”