Chinese hopes end at Masters
By Staff reporter |
October 14, 2010, Thursday
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THE Chinese flags were waved with pride and vigor and the local support was passionate and prolonged but nothing could help China's cause at the Shanghai Rolex Masters yesterday.
Both Wu Di and Bai Yan, China's last remaining representatives, left the Qizhong stadium without even winning a set between them.
Wu lost 1-6, 4-6 to Lu Yen-Hsun of Chinese Taipei. For Wu, it was a disappointing end to what had been a promising week. With a ranking of 399, he knew his chances were limited as he took on the world No. 42.
Just three months ago Lu had beaten Andy Roddick at Wimbledon and at the age of 27, he was vastly more experienced than his mainland rival. But just to make matters worse, poor Wu had been trying to shake off a virus all week and was barely able to practise.
"I didn't do a lot of training because I had a fever," Wu explained. "In the beginning, I wasn't accustomed to Lu's game ? he makes very few errors ? so at the beginning I was not very confident."
He tried to attack more in the second set but it did not make a great deal of difference. Lu was simply too good and too experienced to let the 19-year-old cause him any problems.
It was much the same story for Bai. He had already created the upset of the tournament by beating Radek Stepanek in the opening round but it was asking too much for him to repeat his giant killing act against Andy Murray.
Both Wu Di and Bai Yan, China's last remaining representatives, left the Qizhong stadium without even winning a set between them.
Wu lost 1-6, 4-6 to Lu Yen-Hsun of Chinese Taipei. For Wu, it was a disappointing end to what had been a promising week. With a ranking of 399, he knew his chances were limited as he took on the world No. 42.
Just three months ago Lu had beaten Andy Roddick at Wimbledon and at the age of 27, he was vastly more experienced than his mainland rival. But just to make matters worse, poor Wu had been trying to shake off a virus all week and was barely able to practise.
"I didn't do a lot of training because I had a fever," Wu explained. "In the beginning, I wasn't accustomed to Lu's game ? he makes very few errors ? so at the beginning I was not very confident."
He tried to attack more in the second set but it did not make a great deal of difference. Lu was simply too good and too experienced to let the 19-year-old cause him any problems.
It was much the same story for Bai. He had already created the upset of the tournament by beating Radek Stepanek in the opening round but it was asking too much for him to repeat his giant killing act against Andy Murray.
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