Wu Yibing opened his fans on an unforgettable evening this Sunday in Lynk & Co Hangzhou, where he succeeded in surprising the second favorite Daniil Medvedev 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
The natural Hangzhou player managed to restore and break a set. And it is that Medvedev came in the second sleeve to close the victory by his side with 7-5, 5-4, 30/30 in his favor. But the 25 -year -old Chinese produced two break options and managed to convert the second how to hold on to a meeting that eventually won.
“I was lucky in the second set, but I gave everything I had,” said Wu, who won his first victory in the Lexus ATP Head2head against Medvedev (1-2). “The audience was clearly with me. Daniil is one of the most difficult players in the circuit, especially for my style. It is very difficult to defeat and I had to get my best tennis to stay in the game. I am happy that I have achieved it.”
Wu did not compete between March 2019 and January 2022, due to various injuries, including the elbow problems, which led to surgery, back, shoulder and wrist. Although he won an ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Tyler in June, this is the fourth tournament of the season for him.
“It means everything, especially at home. It has been several very long years. I have overcome many injuries,” said Wu. “It’s not easy to be here, especially winning three games in a row. I hope I can recover for tomorrow.”
No. 196 of the PIF ATP rankings reached the semi -final for the first time since he did it in Dallas 2023, where he became the first player in his country to conquer an ATP tour title. Now the faces can be seen for the head of Series No. 3 Alexander Bublik.
The Kazakhse only needed 53 minutes to beat the happy loser Dalibor SVRCina 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, one day of maximum inspiration with the service with which he won the 22 points at stake with first (100%). He also saved the only breakdown chance that he has granted (100%), according to Infosys ATP statistics.
Relive Bublik’s solid victory in the quarterfinals
On the other side of the painting, Valentin Royer extended the best moment of his career and also defeated student ten 7-6 (0), 4-6, 6-2, after he had been the most important Favorite Andrey Rublev in the previous round.
For the first time in his career, the Frenchman reached the semi -final ATP tour in two HROAs and 38 minutes of fighting the American of the #NEXTGENATP.
“I am very happy … the audience was with me. I liked it, I like them, we have a connection,” Royer in the interview on the track to thank the support of local fans. “On the second set he did not fail in a ball, and in the third I was demolished … I didn’t know how I managed to win, I am very happy.”
The dream week of No. 83 of the PIF ATP Live rankings will take place and will now be tested by Corentin Moutet, who started the day of this Sunday after the withdrawal of Tomas Martin Etcheverry due to an injury with 3-6, 3-0 on the scoreboard.
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