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Coleman Wong Reaches Delray Beach Quarterfinals With Upset of No. 29 Nakashima

The 21-year-old credits time at Rafael Nadal’s academy for his surge in form.

Overview

  • Wong will face No. 3 seed Flavio Cobolli in Friday’s quarterfinal, their first ATP Tour meeting.
  • His run began in qualifying and includes main-draw wins over Yoshihito Nishioka, Tristan Schoolkate, Nuno Borges and Brandon Nakashima.
  • Wong beat Nakashima 6-4, 7-6 with 13 aces, overcoming a late break while serving for the match to close it out in 1 hour 28 minutes.
  • He has risen to No. 124 in the live rankings and stands three wins from a maiden tour-level title at this ATP 250 event.
  • The victory is cited as his second-best career win after defeating then world No. 14 Ben Shelton in Miami last March.