Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/06/12
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Romulo Huang
Taipei, June 12 (CNA) Taiwan’s top tennis player Lu Yen-hsun (盧彥勳) is to vie for the title of ATP
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Surbiton Challenger being held in the British city of Surbiton on Sunday (UK time).
Lu came from behind to defeat Jordan Thompson of Australia 6-7 (5), 6-3 and 7-6 (4) at a semifinal of the tournament on Saturday. He will take on Marius Copil from Romania in the final.
Copil beat Bjorn Fratengelo from the United States in two straight sets 6-3 and 6-4 at the other match of the semifinals played on the same day.
This is the second consecutive week that Lu have advanced to the final of an ATP challenger grass-court tour event. He was defeated by Dustin Brown of Germany in the final of Manchester Challenger on June 5 in two straight sets 7-6 (5) and 6-1. [FULL STORY]
