NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) — China’s Wu Yibing, Zhang Zhizhen and Yuan Yue reached the ultimate spherical of the U.S. Open qualifiers on Thursday, whereas Wang Qiang and Zhu Lin crashed out of the event.
In the boys’s qualifiers, regardless of being 1-4 down within the second set, Wu labored previous Stefano Travaglia of Italy 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3, organising a remaining spherical encounter with Corentin Moutet of France.
“I could see my opponent’s form slide in the second half of the second set. At first, I was a bit impatient, hitting some cross shots that I shouldn’t have. There’s room for my improvement,” mentioned Wu.
Wu revealed he had strained his belly muscle mass in Rome and performed six video games or so with the damage.
Zhang beat Argentine Andrea Collarini 6-2, 7-5, and can meet Zizou Bergs of Belgium.
Zhang mentioned he did nicely within the first set and used all his power within the second set. Talking about his subsequent opponent, he mentioned, “My style of play does not depend on that of others. If I play well enough, I will win.”
On the ladies’s aspect, Yuan received previous Japanese Mai Hontama 6-3, 7-6 (4), and can play in opposition to Maddison Inglis of Australia within the coming spherical on Friday.
The different two Chinese faltered within the second spherical, as Wang wasted an early lead earlier than dropping to Japan’s Nao Hibino 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, and Zhu fell 6-3, 6-4 to host participant Sachia Vickery.