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US Open: Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong makes history as city’s first boys’ grand slam champion

  • Wong partners with Frenchman Max Westphal to seal the boys’ doubles title in New York

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Coleman Wong and partner Max Westphal celebrate winning the boys’ doubles title at the US Open in New York. Photo: arckphoto/arckimages.com
Hong Kong teenager Coleman Wong Chak-lam made history at the US Open in New York on Saturday when he became the first Hongkonger to claim a boys’ doubles grand slam title.
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Alongside his playing partner, Max Westphal, 17-year-old Wong defeated the eighth-seeded pairing of Viacheslav Bielinskyi from Ukraine and Bulgarian Petr Nesterov to seal the championship 6-3, 5-7 (10-1).

Wong, who was eliminated in the second round of the boys’ singles at Flushing Meadows, only began competing at junior grand slam events this season.

He and American partner Ethan Quinn were knocked out in the second round of the Roland Garros Junior Championships in June, and he and Spain’s Daniel Merida Aguilar lost out in the opening round of the The Junior Championships at Wimbledon in July.

 

Wong first partnered with 18-year-old Frenchman Westphal a few weeks ago at the J1 College Park event in the US, a warm-up for the US Open Juniors, where the duo reached the semi-final.

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