Four Chinese make quarters in ITF Men's Satellite Circuit ( 2003-08-09 09:37) (Xinhua)
Top seed Chen Ti of Chinese Taipei suffered an early exit when he failed to
make through the second round, while four other Chinese players booked their
quarterfinal berths at the Men's China Satellite Circuit Week 3 ofthe
International Tennis Federation here on Thursday. From a brisk start,
Chen Ti got an upper hand and won the opening set 6-2 against Chinese Wang Yu
jr. After taking the second set 6-4 to split the first two sets, Wang exploited
Chen's slight loss of confidence, edging over the winner and runner-up oflast
two weeks in Tianjin in the tiebreak 6-3. Wang's teammate Sun Peng
became a lucky winner over South Korean Lee Sang-Hoon who won the first set 6-4
but abandoned the match after straining his right thigh when he lagged behind
5-6 inthe second set. In other actions, second seed Yu Xinyuan of
China made a quick work of Australian Richard Magney 6-3, 6-4, and quarlifier
Wang Yining beat fellow Chinese Wang Yu 6-1, 6-3. Others entering the
third round included Lee Chui-Hee and An Jae-Sung of South Korea, Robert
Gustafsson of Sweden, and JapaneseToshiaki Sakai. The Final of Week 3
is to be held on Sunday, August 10.
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