Chinese men start to smash it!
China DailyChina's Wu Yibing hits a return to India's Sumit Nagal during their first-round match in Shanghai on Wednesday. The surging collective strength of Chinese men's tennis is turning heads at the top of the game with an unprecedented local contingent raring to make some noise at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Following his straight-sets opening win against India's Sumit Nagal in Shanghai on Wednesday, China's former US Open boys' champion Wu Yibing celebrated his first ATP Tour win in over 13 months by writing down an implicit "F5" on the broadcasting camera, leaving even his most diehard fans wondering what he meant. Led by three top-100 contenders, five Chinese mainland players have entered this year's Rolex Shanghai Masters, including two wild-card entries, making it the biggest ever Chinese representation at any professional tournament on the ATP Tour. As the first Chinese player to be crowned a Grand Slam junior champion, and the first to claim an ATP Tour title at the 2023 Dallas Open, Wu was supposed to spearhead the rise of the Chinese men under a central spotlight.