On February 1, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP Challenge CH75 Cleveland was contested, and Wu Yixiang played as the No. 2 seed to usher in his first match after the Australian Open, and his opponent was Aidan Mayo, who broke through from the qualifying round. The two sides played in three sets in this match, and Wu Yixiang eliminated his opponent 2-1 and successfully reached the next round.
In the first set, Wu Yixiang broke serve first in the fourth game to take a 3-1 lead. In the 6th game, Wu Yixiang broke the opponent's serve again, and then he successfully saved the serve in the 7th game, winning the first set 6-1.
In the second set, Wu Yixiang's condition suddenly declined, and he was broken by the opponent in the second game, Wu Yixiang's serve was lost again in the fourth game, and Wu Yixiang's serve was broken again in the sixth game, and he lost the second set 0-6.
In the deciding set, Wu Yixiang started with consecutive breaks to take a 2-0 lead. In the fifth game, Wu Yixiang broke serve again, and his opponent broke back in the sixth game to chase 2-4. In the 8th game, Wu Yixiang's serve was lost, and the two sides fought to a 4-4 draw. In the 9th game, Wu Yixiang withstood the pressure to complete a key break, and in the 10th game he successfully saved his serve to win the tiebreaker 6-4.
Finally, in a match that took 1 hour and 40 minutes, Wu Yixiang defeated the world's 532nd ranked Mayo 6-1/0-6/6-4 to successfully reach the round of 16. In the next round, Wu Yixiang will face the homegrown Kirchheimer.