Taiwan’s Wu Tung-lin, also known as Tony Wu, yesterday beat sixth seed Marco Trungelliti of Argentina to advance to the quarter-finals of the Nonthaburi Challenger IV in Thailand.
Wu, who earned entry into the tournament through the qualifying draw, is hot off of two clutch wins in Taiwan’s Davis Cup World Group I tie in Taipei earlier this month, when Taiwan survived Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-2.
Wu won both his singles matches in the two-day tie at the Taipei Tennis Center, beating world No. 86 Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-1 and Mirza Basic 6-1, 6-4.
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Yesterday, Wu dominated Trungelliti 6-1, 6-3 in 1 hour, 21 minutes.
Wu is today to play Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan, who yesterday beat Egor Gerasimov of Belarus 6-1, 6-2.
On Monday, Wu defeated Thailand’s Yuttana Charoenphon 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of qualifying and Georgia’s Aleksandre Bakshi 6-3, 6-2 in the second to advance to the main draw.
On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Hsu Yu-hsiou, who was also on the Taiwan Davis Cup team, lost his round-of-32 opener to Australia’s Adam Walton 6-3, 6-3.
On Sept. 15, Hsu and partner Ray Ho beat Basic and Nerman Fatic 6-3, 6-4 in their Davis Cup doubles match.
In Beijing, Taiwan’s Liang En-shuo exited the first round of the China Open, despite a promising start against France’s Diane Parry.
The 23-year-old world No. 128 won the first set 6-4, but could not sustain her momentum, losing the next two 6-0, 6-0 to world No. 53 Parry.
Liang qualified for the main draw of the WTA 1000 tournament after defeating world No. 13 Sara Errani of Italy 6-1, 6-3 on Monday and Croatia’s Jana Fett 6-1, 7-6 (7/9) on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, four-time major champion Naomi Osaka eased into the second round in Beijing, with Serena Williams’ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou courtside.
Japan’s former world No. 1, now 73, defeated Lucia Bronzetti of Italy 6-3, 6-2 and next faces 21st seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
The 26-year-old Osaka said this month she was splitting with Belgian coach Wim Fissette.
Osaka won the China Open in 2019.
Additional reporting by AFP
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