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Mike Chan

Hong Kong tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam continued his strong start at the Delray Beach Open after beating a top 50 player on Monday.
Making the main draw after two qualifying round victories over the weekend, Wong, who is ranked No 137 in the world, stunned Nuno Borges of Portugal 2-1 at the Delray Beach Tennis Centre to seal a second round spot.
The Delray Beach Open features some of the biggest names in tennis, including Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud and Frances Tiafoe.
Wong beat Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan and Australian Tristan Schoolkate in straight sets in the qualifying rounds.
In his match against Borges, Wong found himself 3-0 down after conceding his first service game in the opening set.
At 5-2 down and facing a break point as well as a set point, the resilient Hongkonger reeled off three straight points to win the game, then broke Borges and won his service game to level the score at 5-5.

World No 45 Borges squandered two more set points to take the match to a tiebreak, which Wong won 7-5 to steal the first set.
Seven aces in his first two service games were the highlight of Wong’s second set.
Borges, who won his only career title at the Swedish Open in July 2024 with a straight sets win over Rafael Nadal, claimed the set to level the score after breaking the 21-year-old Wong in the ninth game.
Playing in his second ATP 250 event of the season after reaching the quarter-finals in Hong Kong, Wong capitalised on one of his four breakpoint opportunities, breaking his opponent for a 3-1 lead in the deciding set to take charge of the match.
Wong, who registered 14 aces in the match, missed out on two more match points in the eighth game, but that only delayed his deserved victory by a matter of minutes before he won 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in two hours and six minutes.
Qualifier Wong will next face 2014 US Open winner Marin Cilic or world No 29 Brandon Nakashima on Thursday Hong Kong time.
Wong, who reached the third round at the US Open last year, has never faced Cilic before. He lost his only career meeting against tournament seventh seed Nakashima 6-7, 7-6, 6-1 in the second round of the Hangzhou Open in September 2024.


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The 21-year-old beat world No 45 Nuno Borges in first round, will face either 2014 US Open winner Marin Cilic or world No 29 Brandon Nakashima


The 21-year-old beat world No 45 Nuno Borges in first round, will face either 2014 US Open winner Marin Cilic or world No 29 Brandon Nakashima.


Hong Kong tennis star Coleman Wong progresses to second round of Delray Beach Open

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The 21-year-old beat world No 45 Nuno Borges in first round, will face either 2014 US Open winner Marin Cilic or world No 29 Brandon Nakashima

The 21-year-old beat world No 45 Nuno Borges in first round, will face either 2014 US Open winner Marin Cilic or world No 29 Brandon Nakashima