To return to the final a Beijing Jannik Sinner will now have to overcome the obstacle represented by the little-known Chinese Yunchaokete Bu who has only been consistently attending the ATP circuit for a year. His real name is actually Buyunchaokete since he was born in Bortala, Xinjiang, where surnames are not used. For convenience, the ATP renamed him Yunchaokete Bu. The 22-year-old Mongolian, who entered the draw thanks to a wild-card, has already earned a small piece of history in Chinese tennis as he became the first to reach the semi-final in Beijing and the first to achieve multiple victories against top players 20 in a single hard court event since the ATP ranking was born, i.e. since 1973.
Bu, exploded since he worked at the Ferrero academy
Buu has made great strides since he started working at the academy Juan Carlos Ferreroin Alicante, with Ricardo Ojeda Lara. It rose from 277 to no. 96 in the space of two years and now he already knows that, from Monday, it will be at least 69 thanks to the semi-final in Beijing where, for the first time, he beat a ‘top ten’ player, Andrey Rublev, in the quarterfinals after surprising Musetti in the round of 16 .
In his career he has only won 3 Challenger tournaments so far
Bu, who reached the semi-finals at the ATP 250 in Hangzhou last week, has so far won a maximum of 3 Challengers in his career: Seoul 2023 and, this year, the tournament in Wuxi, China, in April and that of Granby, in Canada, in July. In September he had the satisfaction of entering the draw for the first time in a Slam tournament, at the US Open, where he passed the 3 qualifying rounds and then surrendered in 3 sets to Ruud.
Challenge on Centrale at 1pm Italian time: where to see it on TV
Precisely because it is a historic event for Chinathe organizers have decided to stage the match between Sinner and Bu in the evening on the Centrale (the ‘Capital Group Diamond’): it will be played at 7pm in China, or 1pm in Italy. The match will be broadcast live exclusively by Sky, on Sky Sport Uno (channel 201) and with Sky Sport Tennis (channel 203). The challenge will be visible in streaming on SkyGo and Now.
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