- Wu Yibing won the second ATP Cleveland Challenge prize and broke into the top 100 in the world
- 2023-02-07 13:49:11.0 Source: Xinhuanet
On the 5th local time, in the men’s singles final of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Men’s Challenge in Cleveland, USA, the Chinese player Wu Yibing lost 6:3, 5:7 and 6:7 (2) to the local player Kovacevi Strangely, he missed his fifth challenge championship.
Despite failing to win the championship, Wu Yibing rose to No. 97 in the latest Men’s Singles World Ranking by virtue of his points from this tournament, becoming the second mainland Chinese male player to break into the top 100 after Zhang Zhizhen. The latter’s latest ranking rose to 91.
Wu Yibing took the lead by winning the first set in the final, but failed to seize the opportunity in the next two sets and was reversed by Kovacevich. In last year’s Indianapolis final, Wu Yibing defeated the American player to win the championship.
In the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world singles ranking, Chinese player Zhang Shuai ranks 23rd, Zheng Qinwen ranks 29th, Zhu Lin rises to 41st with her performance in Huaxin, Wang Xiyu and Wang Xinyu are also among the top 100 people .
