Rising Wu Yibing notches maiden Miami Open win
Yibing Wu won against Kyle Edmund 7-5, 7-5 on Wednesday night and will play No 31 seed Diego Schwartzman in the next round
Yibing Wu at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters
Chinese Yibing Wu won against Kyle Edmund 7-5, 7-5 for his first Miami Masters victory at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday night.
Wu, ranked No 64, will face No 31 seed Diego Schwartzman next.
With his victory, this year’s Dallas Open champion rises to No.57 in the ATP live rankings. Wu, who became the first Chinese player to ever claim an ATP title last month in Dallas, is the highest-ranked Chinese player in ATP history.
Miami Masters, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem
- Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
- Richard Gasquet vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Benoit Paire
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Alex Molcan vs. Jordan Thompson
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Denis Kudla
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Juncheng Shang
- Marcos Giron vs. Cristian Garin
- Federico Coria vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jaume Munar
- Pedro Martinez vs. Quentin Halys
- Emilio Nava vs. John Isner
- Ugo Humbert vs. Gael Monfils
- Fabio Fognini vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 7-5
- Ilya Ivashka beat Daniel Altmaier (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Bublik: 7-5, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin beat Mikael Ymer: 7-6 (5), 4-4 ret.
- Laslo Djere beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Guido Pella beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Marton Fucsovics beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Facundo Bagnis beat Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
- Taro Daniel (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-1 ret.
- Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima beat Oscar Otte: 7-6 (3), 6-3
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