Wu Yibing has turn into the primary Chinese participant to win an ATP Tour title, successful the Dallas Open in Texas by edging out John Isner in an exciting ultimate set tie-break.
Having toppled prime seeded world No.8 Taylor Fritz a day earlier to turn into the primary individual from his nation to succeed in an ATP ultimate within the Open period, 23-year-old Wu went one step additional on Sunday however solely after saving 4 championship factors.
The first was within the second set, the place Wu rallied from 6-5, 30-40 on serve to power a decider and he held his nerve in a seesaw ultimate few moments to triumph 6-7 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (14-12).
The first 22 factors went with serve within the final set tie-break however residence favorite Isner, who registered 44 aces, faltered on the final with a forehand lengthy to finish a contest spanning two hours and 59 minutes.
Wu, who didn’t compete on the ATP Tour from March 2019 to January 2022 as a consequence of a collection of accidents, had notched simply six tour-level wins previous to this week.
Yet in Dallas he defeated Michael Mmoh, third seed Denis Shapovalov, Adrian Mannarino, Fritz and Isner.
On Monday, Wu turned simply the second Chinese participant to crack the Top 100 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Now he’ll rise to a career-high World No. 58 only one week later.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
