Wu Yibing continued his ascent on Wednesday on the Miami Open presented by Itau.
The Chinese language star defeated Briton Kyle Edmund 7-5, 7-5 to succeed in the second spherical on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion. This 12 months’s Dallas Open champion will subsequent face thirty first seed Diego Schwartzman to succeed in the third spherical at this degree for the primary time.
Inside Wu’s Mindset: ‘It’s Not About Winning Or Losing’
Six years in the past, Wu made his Miami debut in qualifying as a 17-year-old, dropping in straight units to Jared Donaldson. In his first match on the occasion since, the 23-year-old broke his opponent’s serve 4 instances to triumph after one hour and 35 minutes.
It was not a straightforward win, although. Wu let slip a possibility to serve out the match at 5-3 within the second set in opposition to Edmund, who was taking part in his fourth match of the 12 months. However the Chinese language participant didn’t permit the complication to completely shift the momentum to Edmund’s aspect. The previous World No. 14, who’s working again to kind following harm, missed a backhand large to fall in straight units.
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This week final 12 months, Wu was tied for No. 1,869 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Together with his win in opposition to Edmund, he climbed to No. 57 within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Rankings.
