Coleman Wong vows to ‘give my best’ to progress in Australian Open after qualifying win
The 21-year-old will play Pablo Llamas Ruiz in the second round of qualifying after the Spaniard beat Henry Bernet of Switzerland
Coleman Wong Chak-lam vowed to “give my best” to progress in the Australian Open after overcoming world No 142 Ugo Blanchet of France 6-3, 7-6 in the first round of qualifying on Tuesday.
After reaching the quarter-finals at the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open 2026 last week and beating Blanchet, Wong is full of belief.
“For me, to keep believing, to keep believing that I can come back every point,” he said. “You never know. That’s how tennis is in this [moment]. That’s how it’s so exciting.”
Wong climbed 18 places in the latest ATP world rankings to No 132, close to his career high of No 128, after his run to the quarter-finals in Hong Kong.
Wong needed only 35 minutes to win the first set after converting his break point opportunities and putting the qualifying No 31 seed Blanchet on the back foot at Melbourne Park.
The second set was more competitive, with both players holding serve to take the set to a tiebreaker. The tiebreak was a tight affair until Wong forced Blanchet into a backhand error, sealing the match for the Hongkonger.
