2024-03-21 18:04:50
[Tilu News]Hong Kong rising tennis star Huang Zelin (Coleman) made a historic appearance in the first round of the ATP 1000 Miami Masters on Thursday (21st), challenging Serbian player Laslo Djere, ranked 35th in the world. ), Coleman lost 5:7, 6:7 (3:7) following more than two hours of fighting, and missed the chance to advance to the top 64. However, he has achieved the best record of Hong Kong players in the ATP Tour, and also won a big win from his opponent following the game. Like the future is bright.
First of this monthWon second place in ATP Challenger New Delhi StationHuang Zelin’s latest world ranking rose to a career-high 212th. He played in the Miami Masters for the first time as a “wild card” and had a surprise in the qualifying rounds. He defeated the Top 100 golfers in three sets in two consecutive games, including French representative Hugo Gaston, ranked 89th, and India’s “first brother” Sumit Nagal, ranked 97th, became the first Hong Kong players to enter the main draw of the Masters, and their real-time ranking rose to 188th place.
Coleman made his debut in the top 128 in the first round on Thursday following a day off. His opponent Xie Lei is currently ranked 35th in the world. He is the “second brother” of Serbia following “World No. 1” Zugaoyu. He has won two ATP Tour championships in his career. Huang Zelin was a little tight at the beginning of this match. He faced a break in the first game, but he served strongly at the critical moment to resolve the situation and lead 1:0. After that, the two sides exchanged offense and defense. The score was tight in every game. Coleman’s serve and baseline attack were both strong. Xie Lei was under a lot of pressure and performed well. The two golfers kept serving until 5:5. At the end of the 11th game, Huang Zelin made a double fault on serve. He was broken for the first time and lost 5:7.
Huang Zelin (Photo: Tilu Database)
The two tied at 1:1 in the second set and then stopped for regarding half an hour due to rain. The game resumed. Huang Zelin was broken due to repeated mistakes in the third game and fell behind 1:2. However, Coleman did not lose heart. Breaking Xie Lei’s serve to tie 3:3. In the 7th game, he bravely saved 2 break points and went ahead 4:3. In the 8th game, he bravely pursued once more and seized the fourth break opportunity of the game, leading to 5:3. , but was immediately broken by Xie Lei, and the balance was once once more equalized. After Huang Zelin missed 3 break points in the 10th game, the two sides tied at 5:5. After that, they broke each other once more in the next two sets, and the battle reached 6:6 and entered the tie-break (tie- break), Huang Zelin finally lost 3:7 (6:7). He scored 6 aces in this match, but had 5 double-faults on serve. His first-server scoring rate of 73% was better than his opponent’s 65%. He scored 22 direct points, which was 6 more than Xie Lei. However, he committed 20 unpressured goals. One mistake can be fatal.
Although Coleman missed the cut, he still made history in Hong Kong tennis. After the game, he was also praised by Xie Lei: “I didn’t know that he (Huang Zelin) had to play in the qualifying rounds and the Masters for the first time. If he continues to perform like this, he will have A bright future.”
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”Miami Open｜Huang Zelin stopped in the first round of the race and still made history and was praised by his opponents for a bright future」
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