Compared with shining Chinese women players, their
male compatriots hinted that they need more games of higher level.
China's Zeng Shaoxuan
(R)and Yu Xinyuan return the ball against Lu Yanxun of China Taipei
parterned with a player from Paraguay during the first round match of
men's double at the China Open ATP tournament in Beijing, Sept. 11, 2006.
Zeng and Yu beat Lu and his parter 2-1 to reach the second
round.[Xinhua] |
After awarded a wildcard by the organizers, China's Yu Xinyuan entered the
main draw before his loss to Wang Yeu-Tzuoo from Chinese Taipei at the first
round of the China Open tennis tournament.
"I prefer to take part in more international competitions, which could help
boost my proficiency and experience. But right now I can only make it to some in
Asia.
"The Chinese Tennis Association has offered a lot of help in terms of
coaching and financing for the competition. But they are all of low-class and
worth 10 thousand US dollars or little more."
The Chinese men players are lowly ranked in general, and the China Open is
the only a chance for them to taste the ATP tour through the year.
After beating Yu 6-1, 6-4, Wang will next play the winner between Denis
Gremelmay of Germany and eighth ranked Marcos Baghdadis of Cyprus.
Wang, who suffered an expected first round exit after losing to Roger Federer
of Switzerland at the just concluded U.S. Open, started strongly with a 6-1
first set victory.
Currently 540th-ranked Yu only managed to break his rival in the ninth game
of the second set before losing 6-4 at last.
"Wang played better than me, especially in the key points and I did not
follow what I have planned ahead of the game. To make things worse, I made too
many unforced errors, thus wasting many breaking points," said Yu.
