Hong Kong Tennis Open: Coleman Wong faces difficult draw, Rublev and Muller kept apart
The main draw starts on Monday with the singles and doubles first rounds, with the second round getting under way on Wednesday
Coleman Wong Chak-lam has been drawn to Mariano Navone of Argentina in the first round of the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open, while favourites Alexandre Muller and Andrey Rublev can only face each other in the final.
The main draw starts on Monday with the singles and doubles first rounds, while the second round will get under way on Wednesday at Victoria Park Tennis Stadium.
Muller, the defending champion, takes on Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round, while world No 16 Rublev, who won the tournament in 2024, has received a bye into the second round.
Top seed and world No 8 Lorenzo Musetti, world No 11 Alexander Bublik and world No 17 Karen Khachanov are the other players to receive byes into the second round.
Ranked 150th in the world, Wong has faced a difficult Argentine opponent before, beating world No 86 Juan Cerundolo in the first qualifying round of the ATP Masters in Cincinnati last year. The 21-year-old was eventually knocked out in the second round by Ugo Humbert of France.
Still searching for his maiden victory on the centre court at the Hong Kong Open, if Wong makes it to the second round he will face the winner of Jesper De Jong and tournament sixth seed Gabriel Diallo.