Taipei Times
Date: , Jan 11, 2017
By: AP
Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun advanced in a thriller at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday,
Daria Kasatkina returns to Angelique Kerber during their match at the Sydney International yesterday. Photo: EPA
while the tournament lost its first seeded player yesterday when Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinola was beaten 6-1, 7-5 in the first round by close friend and training partner Joao Sousa.
Lu defeated Karen Khachanov of Russia 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (11/9) in their first-round encounter despite battling illness.
Lu posted a Chinese-language report on Facebook that said the travel from India to Auckland made it difficult, but he was happy to prevail.
Lu faces Steve Jason of the US today.
Ramos-Vinola and Portugal’s Sousa — both based in Barcelona, but supporters of the city’s rival soccer clubs — described their match as “a kind of a derby.”
“On court we are no friends, but off court we are,” Sousa said. [FULL STORY]
