On May 10, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP Challenge Zagreb 80K competition began, and Wu Yiyu, a Chinese player who broke through from the qualifiers, competed against Thompson, who was ranked 85th in the world. In the case of losing a set first, Wu Yiyu rose up to catch up 2-1 to achieve a reversal and strongly advanced to the second round of the tournament.
In the first set, Wu Yiyu conceded two consecutive serves in the 2nd and 4th sets, and the opponent opened with a 5-0 lead. Wu Yiyu did not save his first set until the 6th set, and then the opponent successfully saved the serve and won the first set 6-1.
In the second set, Wu Yiyu was broken by his opponent in the 5th set, and Thompson took a 4-2 lead after saving his serve. In the 8th inning, Wu Yiyu completed the break and chased the set to 4-4. After that, both sides kept their serves, and the second set went into a steal of seven. After grabbing seven sets, Wu Yixun won four consecutive points to usher in the set, and finally won the second set 7-5 to grab the seventh.
In the decider, Wu Yiyu broke through consecutively to take a 2-0 lead. In the 5th set, Wu Yiyu broke again successfully, and in the 8th game, Wu Yiyu scored 4 consecutive points of love game to save the game, and won the decider 6-2.
In the end, in a game that took 2 hours and 41 minutes, Wu Yixun defeated Thompson 1-6, 7-6 (5)/ 6-2. This is the third time in Wu Yiyu's career to beat the world's top 100 players, and it is also his first since 2018. The former Junior World No. 1 and US Open Junior Champion has reached 12 wins and 1 loss this season, and wu Yixun, who is only 22 years old, is still worth looking forward to in the future.