On May 12, Beijing time, the second round of the ATP1000 Rome Masters was contested. Chinese men's tennis brother Wu Yixiang played, and his opponent was the 24th seed Serendolo. The two sides fought fiercely in three sets in this match, and Wu Yixiang was reversed after winning the first set, losing 1-2 to his opponent and missing the men's singles round of 32.
In the first set, the two fought a break battle, and the two broke three consecutive serve rounds from the second to the seventh game. In the 9th game, Wu Yixiang took a 5-4 lead, and in the 10th game he completed a key break at the end of the set to win the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Wu Yixiang was broken as soon as he came up, and in the fifth game, Wu Yixiang's serve was lost again, trailing his opponent 1-4. In the 8th game, Cerendolo scored four consecutive points to save serve in the winning set, and Wu Yixiang lost the second set 2-6.
In the tiebreaker, Wu Yixiang broke serve in the second game to take a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Wu Yixiang lost the serve and Cerendolo then saved serve to tie 2-2. In the fifth game, Wu Yixiang lost 4 consecutive points on the serve and was broken again, and in the 9th game, Wu Yixiang was broken again in the game where there was no way back, and lost the tiebreaker 3-6.
In the end, in a match that lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes, Wu Yixiang lost 6-4/2-6/3-6 to the 24th seed Serendolo of the tournament, but unfortunately failed to go further. Wu will adjust slightly next week to compete in the ATP Challenge Turin.