September Chris Oddo 09/10/2017

China’s Wu Yibing Makes History at U.S. Open

🙌No.2 Wu Yibing d. top seed Alex Geller 6-4, 6-4 to become the first Chinese player to win the US Open boys' singles title #usopen pic.twitter.com/yZS2W5pWZn

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 10, 2017
No.2-seeded China’s Wu Yibing became the first player from China to win the U.S. Open Boys’ Singles title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over top-seeded Axel Geller of Argentina.The final marked the first time since 2001 that the top two seeds met in the U.S. Open Boys’ Singles final.

Wu Yibing speaks with CCTV shortly after defeating top seed Alex Geller to become the first Chinese boy to win a junior grand slam title. pic.twitter.com/L3sUt7803G
— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) September 10, 2017

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