BLOOMFIELD HILLS/STARNBERG, July 4, 2024
JJ Wolf has reached the quarterfinals of the Cranbrook Tennis Classic. The top seed of the ATP Challenger Tour 75 hard-court event, being held at the Cranbrook Tennis Complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, defeated Yuta Shimizu of Japan 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday.
Wolf converted five of his seven break-point chances to secure victory in one hour and 17 minutes. Up next for the World No. 115 will be fellow US-American Stefan Kozlov, who benefited from the retirement of Tsung-Lin Wu from Chinese Taipei. The qualifier was leading 5-7, 6-3, 4-0 when Wu was forced to stop playing due to cramping.
Local wild card entry Learner Tien caused the upset of the day by knocking out No. 6 seed Yunchaokete Bu from China 0-6, 7-5, 6-0. The 18-year-old lefty from California withstood 10 aces and broke his rival’s serve five times to prevail after two hours and one minute.
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Tien will next challenge Philip Sekulic from Australia, who battled past Ethan Quinn from the United States 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) in the longest match of the day. The encounter lasted three hours and 14 minutes.
