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Ada Li

Hong Kong tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam suffered a straight-sets defeat to American Alex Michelsen in the first round of the ATP Houston Open on Wednesday, marking a tough start to his clay-court season.
The 21-year-old, who had just collected his fourth award at the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards ceremony on Tuesday, faced a steep challenge against world No 35 Michelsen, who sits 89 places above him in the rankings.
Wong, currently No 124, fell 6-4, 6-2 to the seventh seed in 85 minutes.
The two had never faced each other before.
Despite firing five aces – two more than his opponent – Wong was undone by 33 unforced errors, almost double Michelsen’s 18. He also failed to convert any of his three breakpoint opportunities before Michelsen tightened his grip in the second.
The result gave Michelsen his first win on clay this season.
It was a second consecutive first-round exit for Wong, following last week’s tight 7-5, 7-6 loss to Colombia’s Nicolás Mejía at the hard-court ATP Challenger 125 event in Morelia, Mexico.
Meanwhile, China’s Zhang Zhizhen advanced in Houston with a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 win over British qualifier Jack Pinnington Jones and will next face world No 9 Ben Shelton, the top seed, in the second round.
Fellow Chinese player Wu Yibing, the National Games men’s singles champion, was knocked out in straight sets by Australian Alex Bolt 7-6, 6-2.


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The 21-year-old, who won a Hong Kong Sports Stars Award on Tuesday, loses in straight sets to world No 35 American Alex Michelsen


The 21-year-old, who won a Hong Kong Sports Stars Award on Tuesday, loses in straight sets to world No 35 American Alex Michelsen.


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ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals)

Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong opens clay-court season with first-round loss at Houston 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, who won a Hong Kong Sports Stars Award on Tuesday, loses in straight sets to world No 35 American Alex Michelsen

The 21-year-old, who won a Hong Kong Sports Stars Award on Tuesday, loses in straight sets to world No 35 American Alex Michelsen