Chinese tennis player I-ping Wu (pictured on September 2, 2022).
Dallas (USA) – Wu I-ping will be the first Chinese tennis player to play in the finals of an ATP tournament. In the semi-finals in Dallas, he surprised the home seed Taylor Fritz, whom he defeated 6:7, 7:5 and 6:4.
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For the title, 23-year-old Wu I-ping, who last year was the first Chinese to reach the third round of the US Open, will play against John Isner, who also defeated another American Jeffrey John 3:6, 7:5 and 7:6 after a turnaround Wolf.
Wu I-ping averted all nine break points and Fritz was not helped by twenty aces. “I played patiently because I know I'm strong on the baseline. And if I have a break, I can hit it,” Wu I-ping was quoted as saying by the AP agency. won 7:4. The record holder in the number of winning shortened games helped himself to 31 aces to participate in the final. “I saved a lot of break points,” he said.
“If I didn't have this weapon, I would have been blown away 6-3 and 6-4,” added Isner, who is awaiting his 31st career final. He last won the title in 2021 in Atlanta, with a total of 16 tournament wins.
Dallas Men's Tournament:
(Hard, subsidy $822,175):
Singles – semi-finals:
Wu I-ping (China) – Fritz (1-USA) 6: 7 (3:7), 7:5, 6:4, Isner (5-USA) – Wolf (6-USA) 3:6, 7:5, 7:6 (7:4).
