Steve Darcis ends home hopes of Ze Zhang in Shenzhen
ByPA Sport
Updated 25/09/2017 at 20:42 GMT
Belgium's Steve Darcis sunk the hopes of home wild-card Ze Zhang in the first round of the Shenzhen Open on Monday.
Steve Darcis in action
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The world number 224 put up a good performance against an opponent ranked 148 higher in the rankings, but succumbed 7-5 7-6 (7/3).
Israel's Dudi Sela beat Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden 6-0 7-6 (8/6), while Jeremy Chardy was a 7-6 (8/6) 6-4 winner over Italy's Alessandro Giannessi.
At the Chengu Open there was more disappointment for the Chinese fans as both Di Wu and Yibing Wu bowed out.
Wu, the world number 220, went down 7-5 6-1 to American qualifier Taylor Fritz, while Yu lost 1-6 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 to Thiago Monteiro of Brazil.
American Jared Donaldson took almost two and a half hours to grind out a 6-7 (2/7) 7-5 7-5 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece.
Fifth seed Yuichi Sugita took the first set 6-1 against Mate Pavic before the Croatian was forced to retire due to injury.
Results from the Shenzhen Open Men's Singles Round 1
Steve Darcis (Belgium) beat Zhang Ze (China) 7-5 7-6(3)
Dudi Sela (Israel) beat Matthew Ebden (Australia) 6-0 7-6(8)
Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Alessandro Giannessi (Italy) 7-6(6) 6-4
Results from the Chengdu Open Men's Singles Round 1
Thiago Monteiro (Brazil) beat Wu Yibing (China) 1-6 7-6(6) 6-2
Taylor Fritz (U.S.) beat Wu Di (China) 7-5 6-1
5-Yuichi Sugita (Japan) beat Mate Pavic (Croatia) 6-1 0-0 (M. Pavic retired)
Jared Donaldson (U.S.) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 6-7(2) 7-5 7-5
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