China News Agency, Beijing, August 30th. On the morning of the 30th Beijing time, Chinese teenager Wu Yibing, who is under 23 years old, brought surprises to tennis fans.

He defeated Georgia star Bashilashvili 3-0 in the first round of the US Open, becoming the first Chinese mainland men's singles player to win a Grand Slam in the Open Era.

　　In this US Open qualifying match, two "post-95" Chinese players Wu Yibing and Zhang Zhizhen attracted the attention of many tennis fans.

Among them, Wu Yibing not only advanced with 3 consecutive victories in the qualifying matches, becoming the first Chinese player to enter the US Open men's singles main match, but also recently created a 13-game winning streak.

Subsequently, Zhang Zhizhen also broke through the qualifying round, creating a history of two Chinese men's tennis advancing to the US Open at the same time.

　　It is not the first time that Chinese men's tennis players have entered the main match of the Grand Slam, including Wu Di, Zhang Ze and Li Zhe who have all entered the main match at the Australian Open.

Last year's Wimbledon, Zhang Zhizhen also entered the main match.

But before that, Chinese men's tennis players have never been able to "push open" the door to the US Open.

　　In the first round of the US Open, Wu Yibing was put to the test. His opponent was Georgian star Bashilashvili, the 31st seed at the US Open and the former China Open men's singles champion.

But in the face of strong opponents, Wu Yibing was not afraid and still played stably. He defeated the top 50 players in the world for the first time in his career with 6:3, 6:4 and 6:0 in straight sets. into the second round of the US Open.

　　This is also the first victory of a Chinese mainland tennis men's singles player in a Grand Slam main match after a lapse of 63 years.

In the two Wimbledon tournaments in 1958 and 1959, Shanghai player Mei Fuji, who later became China's top tennis player, entered the second round, but it was not the open era at that time.

　　In another match, Zhang Zhizhen, one of the "Chinese Double Stars" of the US Open, had the opportunity to continue to shine with Wu Yibing, but he wasted 7 match points in the third set with a two-set lead. , and finally defeated the Dutch player Van Letdhoven with a big score of 2:3.

　　Wu Yibing, who was born in October 1999, began to play tennis at the age of 4, and was selected to the Zhejiang Provincial Team at the age of 8.

In 2016, Wu Yibing won the China Tennis Grand Prix.

In 2017, he won the U.S. Open Junior Men's Singles and Men's Doubles, becoming the second double champion in the history of the tournament. At the end of the same year, he turned to professional tennis.

After winning the men's singles silver medal at the Asian Games in 2018, Wu Yibing, who was plagued by injuries, temporarily suspended the game and returned to the international arena this year.

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