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US Open|Huang Zelin and French player win the Youth Grand Slam final with "Grab 10" to win

2021-09-12T06:44:59.559Z


Hong Kong teenager Huang Zelin (Coleman) played in the youth men's doubles final in the US Tennis Open early on Sunday (12th) with French partner Max Westphal. Although the two are not seeded


Hong Kong young tennis player Coleman (Coleman) played in the youth men's doubles final in the US Tennis Open early on Sunday (12th) with French partner Max Westphal. Although the two were not seeded, they still won the championship by surprise. .


The 17-year-old Huang Zelin and the 18-year-old Wesfa made their way from the first lap to the final 4 and they must reach the final set of "grab 10" to advance to the final. Their opponents are the match’s 8th seed-Ukrainian golfer. The combination of Bilensky and Bulgarian player Nisdalov.

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In the final, Huang Zelin and Weisfa first took a set 6:3, and then lost the second set 5:7. Once again, they needed to reach the final set. They won with a big score of 10:1 in the "grab 10" and locked in. Champion, won his first youth grand slam, and is also the first international championship since the 2019 J4 Jakarta.

Huang Zelin not only became the first Grand Slam youth men's double champion in Hong Kong tennis history, but also the first Hong Kong player to win a Grand Slam youth championship since 1983. The last Hong Kong Grand Slam youth champion was Patricia Hy), she was the Wimbledon Youth Doubles champion in 83 years.

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Huang Zelin also played in the youth men's singles event at this year's US Open, but stopped in the second lap of the qualifying round.

He is currently ranked 44th in the men's singles of the Youth Division of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and reached the peak of 16th in January this year.

Xi Limin won the US Open Grand Slam women's doubles championship in 1983, but reportedly had a poor relationship with the Tennis Association at the time and eventually changed to represent Canada.

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Source: hk1

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