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By Giri Nathan
[vc_empty_space height="15px"]Yibing Wu tends to make history in New York. At the 2017 US Open, 17-year-old Wu became the first boy from China ever to win a major title at the junior level. At the 2022 US Open, 22-year-old Wu became the first man from China in 63 years to win a match at a major. (Fu Chi Mei beat Ron Barnes in a first-round five-setter at Wimbledon 1959, if you’ll recall. Mei then lost in the second round to Torben Ulrich, father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. The younger Ulrich gave up his professional tennis ambitions after moving from Denmark to Southern California and realizing he wasn’t even a top 10 player on his street. Decent career decision.)