Olympics 2024: Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong keeps chasing Paris dream at Gwangju Open
- Wong, who lost in the quarter-finals of last week’s Busan Open, is the tournament’s eighth seed and starts in the round of 32
- His world ranking could reach a career-high 182, giving him an outside chance of qualifying for the Paris Olympics this year
Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong Chak-lam is poised for the second leg of his busy month of tennis at the Gwangju Open in South Korea, as the youngster tries to keep his dream of reaching the Paris Olympics alive.
Wong, 19, the tournament’s eighth seed, begins in the round of 32 against Tunisia’s Moez Echargui on Tuesday.
Last week, Wong lost in the quarter-finals of the Busan Open 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to South Korea’s Hong Seong-chan, who went on to reach the final.
Before that, he had cruised through his round-of-32 and last-16 ties with straight-set victories over Belgium’s Alexander Blockx and Australia’s Blake Ellis.
His exploits on the ATP Challenger Tour have already helped his ranking, which could reach a career-high 182, according to the ATP’s live table.
