Chung beats Rublev to become first Next Gen champion


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 12 Nov 2017

FILE PHOTO - South Korea's Hyeon Chung hits a shot during his first round match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed Picture Supplied by Action Images

MILAN (Reuters) - South Korean iceman Chung Hyeon doused the fire of Russian Andrey Rublev to win the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals on Saturday -- pocketing a $390,000 (£295,668) cheque in the process.

Chung, 21, was outplayed in the first set and was 3-1 behind in the second set before taking over to win 3-4(5) 4-3(2) 4-2 4-2 to go through the five-day round-robin tournament unbeaten.

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