Taiwan’s Huang Liang-chi beat compatriot Yang Tsung-hua 7-5, 6-3 to win the singles title at the men’s Putian Futures tennis event in Fujian Province, China, on Sunday.
Huang and Yang were the top two seeds in the US$15,000 tournament and entered the final having only lost one set each in their previous four matches.
Yang won the doubles title with another Taiwanese player, Peng Hsien-yin, after the duo defeated Huang and Nicolas Meister of the US by winning a super tiebreak 15-13 after splitting the first two sets.
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The 22-year-old Huang was ranked No. 321 in the world following the win which earned him 27 valuable ranking points.
Meanwhile, Huang was named on Sunday as a member of the men’s tennis team that will represent Taiwan at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.
The other members of the men’s team are Taiwanese No. 1 Lu Yen-hsun, who is currently ranked No. 45 in the world, Jimmy Wang (No. 148) and Chen Ti (No. 311), and doubles specialists Peng and Lee Hsin-han.
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