China’s Wu Yibing Makes History at U.S. Open
<![CDATA[The 17-year-old became the first Chinese player to win the U.S. Open Boys' Singles title on Sunday in New York.]]>
🙌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, 2017No.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
Chris Oddo. Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.
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