{"id":48114,"date":"2023-09-02T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T08:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennishk.org\/?post_type=news-detail&p=48114"},"modified":"2023-09-02T16:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T08:37:30","slug":"bronze-for-wong-wong-at-world-university-games","status":"publish","type":"news-detail","link":"https:\/\/www.tennishk.org\/hk\/news-detail\/bronze-for-wong-wong-at-world-university-games\/","title":{"rendered":"BRONZE FOR WONG & WONG AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the 31st FISU World University Games<\/a> in Chengdu, the first-time partnership of Coleman Wong and Cody Wong has netted Hong Kong tennis a bronze medal in mixed doubles after the duo defeated No. 8 seed Josh Charlton and Amy Stevens 6-4 6-3 in the quarterfinals.\u00a0 Although they were unable to advance further when Chinese fifth seed Jin Yuquan and Tang Qianhui defeated them 5-7 6-4 [10-5] in the semifinals, this marked the third WUG in a row that HK representatives have medalled in tennis.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Website: www.2021chengdu.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Taipei 2017, Kevin Wong (Michigan) and Brian Yeung (Harvard) wrote a new chapter in Hong Kong tennis history by claiming a maiden World University Games medal with a bronze in men’s doubles.\u00a0 In Naples 2019, Eudice Chong (Wesleyan) brought home a bronze in women’s singles in addition to another bronze in women’s doubles together with Maggie Ng (PolyU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against Jin and Tang in the semis, break point opportunities in the opening set were few and far between.\u00a0 The score was neck and neck until the twelfth game when the Chinese fifth seeds buckled first and coughed up the break, as the pair from Hong Kong took the set 7-5.\u00a0 The two sides exchanged an early break in the second but Jin and Tang managed to capitalise on their second break point in the sixth game and held on for 6-4 to force a deciding set super-tiebreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Coleman Wong held first for a 1-0 lead, the No. 5 seed forced two mini-breaks courtesy of Jin’s aggressive forecourt play and jumped out to a 6-1 lead, forcing the HK pair to play catch-up the rest of the wayr, as the Chinese opponents took care of their serves to win it 5-7 6-4 [10-5].\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tang, aged 22, held a career-high doubles ranking of No. 109 (3 Feb 2020) and she already has a pair of tour titles to her name together with Jiang Xinyu, winning back to back WTA 250 Nanchang Opens in 2017 and 2018.\u00a0 They competed at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai three years in a row from 2017-2019, but after they beat Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai in the opening round of the Shenzhen Open in January 2020, she has not played another match on the ITF World Tennis Tour until February this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coleman, currently at a career-high No. 533 in singles, has improved close to a 100 places in the ATP rankings since claiming his first men’s singles title at the Tunisia F29 Futures in late June.\u00a0 He also has two men’s doubles titles to his name, the $15,000 event in Manacor and the US$25,000 event at Tay Ninh, both from 2022.\u00a0 He is currently ranked No. 644 in doubles after having peaked at No. 584 in February 2023.\u00a0 Cody captured her first career W25 singles title earlier this year and reached a career-best No. 319 (26 Jun 2023).\u00a0 Currently ranked No. 242 in doubles, she got to a career-high No. 156 (17 Oct 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quarterfinal match against Aussies Josh Charlton (Oregon) and Amy Stevens (Vanderbilt) was anything but easy.\u00a0 The HK reps were forced to save three break points in the early going before converting their only chance in the tenth game to take the first set.\u00a0 They then pounced on their lone break opportunity in the second game of the second set and held serve the rest of the way to win 6-4 6-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlton, a four-year letterman from the University of Oregon, was the ITA Northwest Region’s Most Improved Senior this past season.\u00a0 The southpaw was ranked as high as No. 14 in singles and No. 8 in doubles collegiately as a sophomore.\u00a0 He currently holds an ATP ranking of No. 1521 in singles and No. 997 in doubles.\u00a0 In doubles, he has played only 5 events on the pro circuit in his career but reached back-to-back M25 finals in his most recent two in Darwin, Australia, in September 2022 and Columbus, Ohio, in November of same year.\u00a0 Charlton, seeded 11th<\/sup> in Chengdu, went out in the second round of the men’s singles to eventual champion Henry von der Schulenburg (Harvard) in straight sets 6-2 7-6(2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In women’s singles, No. 7 seed Adithya Karunaratne (WTA 383) was also one victory away from a medal but she drew a tough assignment when pitted against the 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist and No. 2 seed Liang En-Shuo (WTA 279) from Chinese Taipei.\u00a0 Both players managed to stave off eight break points from one another, but Liang converted 5 of 13 of those chances, while Karunaratne went 3 of 11.\u00a0 The HK rep did well to stay in the match by breaking her opponent when she was attempting to serve for it with a 5-4 second set lead in hand.\u00a0 However, Liang, who was ranked as high as No. 150 in the world pre-COVID, broke back immediately for a 6-5 advantage and made no mistake the second time round to conclude matters for a 6-3 7-5 quarterfinal win.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For 5th<\/sup> seed Cody Wong (WTA 332), she started her third round match against No. 11 seed Kim Dabin (WTA 604) of Korea by jumping out to a 5-2 lead when the onset of cramps – a common, involuntary, and unpredictable ailment – started to flare, especially when working hard in the heat.\u00a0 Even though the HK rep forced herself over the finish line by eventually taking the first set 6-4, her play was clearly compromised, as she faced the prospect of an uphill battle the rest of the way.\u00a0 Still, she fought valiantly to save 5 of 8 break points in the second set, but her inability to string together enough meaningful points to create break chances of her own began to take a physical toll.\u00a0 Trailing 4-6 6-0 2-0, she was forced to retire prematurely, thus ending her quest for a medal in singles this time round.\u00a0 The pair have met twice before on the pro circuit, with Cody winning 6-3 7-5 in the opening round at the W25 Kashiwa in April and the 26-year-old Kim returning the favour 6-3 6-2 in round two of the W25 Daegu in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In women’s d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

oubles, fifth-seeded Cody Wong and Justine Leong were just shy of a medal when they held a match point leading 9-8 in the third set super-tiebreak before their second-seeded Japanese counterparts Misaki Matsuda and Ikumi Yamazaki fought back to win their women’s doubles quarterfinal 6-2 3-6 [11-9].\u00a0 Matsuda and Yamazaki hold WTA rankings of No. 286 and No. 422 in doubles respectively and have between them eight career pro circuit titles to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In men’s singles, Roger Ng faced an inexperienced 19-year-old Arian Desvianto of Indonesia, but he was still made to work to earn his keeps before he managed to tally up 5 of 10 break points to win 6-2 6-3 on Centre Court on opening day.\u00a0 Up next, he faced No. 10 seed Jeffrey von der Schulenburg of Switzerland, a former junior world No. 7 who has been plying his trade at the University of Virginia.\u00a0 He made the singles field at the season-ending NCAA Championships the past three years and was an integral part of UVA’s back-to-back DI men’s tennis championship runs in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ng fell behind by an early break, trailed 4-2, and fought well to get back to 5-5 before his opponent managed to capitalise on the second of 7 break point chances to to grab the opener 7-5.\u00a0 With a set in hand, the Swiss flew out of the gates to take a double break 4-0 lead in the second and then powered home with one last break to finish it 7-5 6-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In men’s singles, 19-year-old Coleman Wong<\/a> drew Liam Krall of Southern Methodist University in the first round.\u00a0 After holding for 1-0, the 6-foot-3 Krall took the only opportunity he would get in the set to break for 2-0.\u00a0 He proceeded to save the two break points he faced to hold serve and strong-armed the opener 6-3.\u00a0\u00a0 In the second, servers dominated until the seventh game when the American capitalised on the lone opportunity he would get in the set and broke Wong to go up 4-3.\u00a0 He then held firm the rest of the way for a 6-3 6-4 victory.\u00a0 In totality, Krall saved all six break points he faced, while going a super efficient 2 of 2 on the other end.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top 3 seeds, however, all failed to reach the medal round.\u00a0 In the final, Switzerland’s Henry von der Schulenburg (Harvard) defeated No. 4 seed Kasidit Samrej, son of former Thai Davis Cup stalwart Vittaya, to become the first player without an ATP ranking to win the World University Games men’s singles gold medal since American Richard Gallien (Pepperdine) last did it at Edmonton 1983.\u00a0 The highest-ranked player to win was Czech Tomas Smid at Sofia 1977 when he held an ATP ranking of No. 75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In men’s doubles, Marvin Lee\/Ethan Leung saved a pair of match points when they trailed 9-7 in the third set super-tiebreak, and then had a chance to win it all when they regained the lead 10-9, before No. 7 seed Francisco Rocha\/Tiago Torres (POR) took the last three points to seal a 7-6(5) 5-7 [12-10] second round victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results
31st<\/sup> Chengdu FISU World University Games
Sichuan International Tennis Centre
Jul 29-Aug 6, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed Doubles<\/em>
Semifinal
(5)Jin Yuquan\/Tang Qianhui (CHN) d. (2)Coleman Wong\/Cody Wong 5-7 6-4 [10-5]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarterfinal
(2)Coleman Wong\/Cody Wong d. (8)Josh Charlton\/Amy Stevens (AUS) 6-4 6-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Round
(2)Coleman Wong\/Cody Wong d. Jan Jermar\/Anastasia Polach (CZE) 6-1 6-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men’s Singles<\/em>
Second Round
Liam Krall (USA) d. (1)Coleman Wong 6-3 6-4
(10)Jeff von der Schulenburg (SUI) d. Roger Ng 7-5 6-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Round
Roger Ng d. Arian Desvianto (INA) 6-2 6-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Singles<\/em>
Quarterfinals
(2)Liang En-Shuo (TPE) d. (7)Adithya Karunaratne 6-3 7-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Round
(11)Kim Dabin (KOR) d. (5)Cody Wong 4-6 6-0 2-0 Retired
(7)Adithya Karunaratne d. (12)Lee Eunhye (KOR) 6-3 5-7 6-1

Second Round
(5)Cody Wong d. Patricia Sazambile (ZAM) 6-1 6-0
(7)Adithya Karunaratne d. Clarisse Aussert (FRA) 6-3 6-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Doubles<\/em>
Quarterfinals
(2)Misaki Matsuda\/Ikumi Yamazaki (JPN) d. (5)Cody Wong\/Justine Leong 6-2 3-6 [11-9]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Round
(5)Cody Wong\/Justine Leong d. Nelly Knezkova\/Anastasia Polach (CZE) 4-6 6-2 [10-4]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men’s Doubles<\/em>
Second Round
(7)Francisco Rocha\/Tiago Torres (POR) d. Marvin Lee\/Ethan Leung 7-6(5) 5-7 [12-10]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: USFHK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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