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Nobody predicted Zhang Zhizhen would make a sensational breakthrough at the ATP Madrid Masters earlier in May. The 26-year-old etched his name in the tennis annals by defeating three top-30 players in a row - Denis Shapovalov, Cameron Norrie and Taylor Fritz - becoming the first player from China to qualify for the quarterfinals of an ATP Masters 1000 event.