Wimbledon heroics again for Coleman Wong as calmer Kyrgios eyes Nadal reunion
- The two-time boys’ doubles grand-slam title winner is through to Wimbledon third round as he won again in the boys’ singles
- Last year history last year when he became only the second Hong Kong player to win a grand slam title, partnering France’s Max Westphal to the boys’ doubles title at the US Open.
Coleman Wong Chak-lam of Hong Kong continued his encouraging progress on two fronts at Wimbledon as he won again in the boys’ singles.
He sent ninth seed Dino Prizmic packing in the second round on Tuesday, the day after accounting for the third seeds in the doubles with partner Michael Zheng.
Wong slipped 3-1 behind but fought back to take the first set and kept up the momentum by breaking Prizmic at the start of the second. He again broke the Croat – aged 16 to Wong’s 18 – and served for the match, taking it 7-5, 6-2.
“Hungry for more,” Wong wrote on social media soon after his match. “Passing the second round, the atmosphere is good today. Thank you so much for watching and supporting me. Don’t make it stop.”
Next up for the Hongkonger will be Peter Privara of Slovakia, who made an impact of his own on Tuesday by beating American No 5 seed Nishesh Basavareddy – knocked out of the doubles by Wong 24 hours earlier.
A two-time boys’ doubles grand-slam title winner, Wong’s next opponent alongside Zheng will be British pair Henry Searle and Luca Pow.
Wong, who has spent time training in Spain at the Rafa Nadal Academy, has yet to go deep into a grand slam event in singles, but he made history last year when he became only the second Hong Kong player to win a grand slam title, partnering France’s Max Westphal to the boys’ doubles title at the US Open.