Di Wu Set To Make History In Melbourne

[axel89]

Di wu first chinese men player to feature in grand slam
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...e-History.aspx
credits go to atp world tour

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by axel89

Di wu first chinese men player to feature in grand slam
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...e-History.aspx
credits go to atp world tour

Doesn't Yen-Hsun Lu count?

[Phoenix1983]

Originally Posted by Mainad

Doesn't Yen-Hsun Lu count?

Depends if you count Taiwan/Chinese Taipei as part of China.

[Phoenix1983]

Also this is in the Open Era only.

[smoledman]

Originally Posted by Mainad

Doesn't Yen-Hsun Lu count?

He should.

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by Phoenix1983

Depends if you count Taiwan/Chinese Taipei as part of China.

The Chinese certainly do!

[axel89]

i thought taipei wasn't part of china
and yes this is part of the open era

[Mustard]

It would be accurate to say that Di Wu will be the first player to represent China in a tennis major. Taiwan is where the defeated Kuomintang fled after losing the Chinese civil war to the Communists in 1949. That is the reason why Taiwan is not a part of China today.

[Sabratha]

Maybe he will actually make a deep run.

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by axel89

i thought taipei wasn't part of china
and yes this is part of the open era

It is separate from China proper for the historical reasons Mustard has explained but the Chinese government continues to regard Taiwan as officially part of China even though it has its own government. Taiwan also continues to regard itself as part of China. It just refuses to recognise the Communist regime in power in Beijing.

Yen-Hsun Lu is definitely Chinese. He just happens to be from Taiwan. It would be more accurate to say that Di Wu is the first man from the People's Republic of China ie. Communist China to play in a tennis Slam in the Open Era.

[MichaelChang]

I hope he can win a set or two, if not winning a match.

[Mustard]

Originally Posted by Mainad

It is separate from China proper for the historical reasons Mustard has explained but the Chinese government continues to regard Taiwan as officially part of China even though it has its own government. Taiwan also continues to regard itself as part of China. It just refuses to recognise the Communist regime in power there.

I should also point out that after their civil war defeat, the Kuomintang regime of Chiang Kai-shek saw themselves not only as Taiwan's rulers, but as the real rulers of China in exile with ambitions of one day returning to the mainland. The Chinese government of Mao Tse-tung saw Taiwan as a part of China, as have all Chinese governments since Mao's death in 1976.

[forzamilan90]

my eyes be tricking me, though title said dj wu

[vive le beau jeu !]

Originally Posted by Mainad

It is separate from China proper for the historical reasons Mustard has explained but the Chinese government continues to regard Taiwan as officially part of China even though it has its own government. Taiwan also continues to regard itself as part of China. It just refuses to recognise the Communist regime in power in Beijing.

Yen-Hsun Lu is definitely Chinese. He just happens to be from Taiwan. It would be more accurate to say that Di Wu is the first man from the People's Republic of China ie. Communist China to play in a tennis Slam in the Open Era.

lack of mutual recognition doesn't keep them from playing agasint each other, by the way...
http://www.daviscup.com/en/results/h...r=&mt=&sd=&ed=

good luck to di at the AO !

[sureshs]

In another 5 years, all top 10 players will be from China

[tyu1314]

He is young hope that he break in to top 100 in the future.

[Cup8489]

Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

lack of mutual recognition doesn't keep them from playing agasint each other, by the way...
http://www.daviscup.com/en/results/h...r=&mt=&sd=&ed=

good luck to di at the AO !

wow, all 4 ties decided by 5th rubber, and the h2h is split! nice!

[Big_Dangerous]

Originally Posted by forzamilan90

my eyes be tricking me, though title said dj wu

Wu Tang Clan!