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china news service, beijing, october 1st. in the men's singles semi-finals of the just-concluded 2024 china tennis open, chinese player buyun chaoket, who played as a wild card, lost 0:2 (3:6, 6:7). the tournament's top seed, italian star sinner. although he missed the final, buyunchokert still created his best record in the men's association of professional tennis players (atp) tour.

buyunchaoket in the game picture source: icphoto

last week in hangzhou, 22-year-old bouyunchoket reached the semi-finals of a tour (atp250) tournament for the first time in his career. coming to the china open (atp500), he continued his upward momentum.

in the first round of the tournament, buyunchokert defeated shang juncheng, who had just won the chengdu open championship, in the "chinese derby". he then eliminated the no. 6 seed musetti, the paris olympic men's singles third runner-up, and the no. 4 seed rublev of russia, becoming the first chinese tennis association player to reach the semi-finals of the china open men's singles.

in the semi-finals, buyunchokert faced sinner, currently ranked number one in the world, who won two grand slam trophies during the year. bu yunchao kete said frankly before the game that he was looking forward to this matchup: "you can beat anyone, and it is best to beat the number one player in the world. because sinner's performance was so outstanding, he is the representative of our 'post-00s generation'. all i have to do is enjoy the game and show my best side.”

buyunchaoket in the game picture source: icphoto

the experienced sinner was the one who entered the state faster in this semi-final, but bouyunchokert also quickly adjusted his rhythm. in the 5th game of the first set, bouyun forced 3 break points against kurt, but after 6 deuces, sinner struggled to maintain serve. in the next 6th game, sinner took advantage of the slight decline in the quality of buyunchaoket's serve to break serve. between the in and out, the top seed took control of the game and took the lead with 6:3.

the second set was even more tense. after the two men each guaranteed serve, the game score reached 6:6. perhaps due to declining physical fitness, buyunchao kete made too many mistakes in the tie-break, but high-quality serves helped sinner have the last laugh.

buyunchaoket in the game picture source: icphoto

although it was a pity that he missed the final, he defeated musetti and rublev successively, and bouyunchokert's trip to the china open was still full of rewards. for him, 2024 is a breakthrough year: entering the main draw of a grand slam for the first time, reaching the semi-finals of the tour for the first time, defeating the top 10 in the world for the first time, and entering the top 70 in the real-time world ranking for the first time...

next, buyunchaoket will participate in the shanghai masters. the next goal he sets for himself is to enter the top 50 in the world rankings. (over)