Hung Represents Hong Kong at World University Games
8/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
IZMIR, Turkey -- Junior Brian Hung (Hong Kong, China/Sagemont Virtual School) of the University of Michigan men's tennis team represented his native country of Hong Kong at the 23rd World University Games, held Aug. 13-18 at the Karsiyaka Tennis Center. Hung took part in the 128-player singles, 64-team doubles and 32-team mixed doubles competitions during the week.
Hung and doubles partner Jack Hui drew a bye in the opening round before defeating Thailand's Weerapat Dookmaiklee and Kirati Siributwone 7-5, 7-5 in the round of 32. Hung and Hui fell just short of a quarterfinal berth with a 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3 setback to top seed Dmitry and Artem Sitak of Russia.
Hung and Kuen Lam reached the quarterfinals in the mixed doubles competition, defeating New Zealand's Dianne Hollands and Warwick Foy (6-2, 6-3) and seventh-seed Raffaella Bindi and Marco Crugnola of Italy (6-3, 6-3). Hung and Lam were unable to advance to the semifinals, falling 6-4, 6-2 to top seed Chia-Jung Chuang and Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei.
Hung drew a bye in the first round of the singles bracket and then dropped a 6-1, 6-4 decision to France's Pierre Metenier, who eventually advanced to the quarterfinal round.
The World University Games, or "Universiade," is an Olympic-style sporting and cultural festival for student-athletes. Approximately 9,000 athletes from 170 countries participate in 14 different sports throughout the competition. The inaugural Universiade took place in Turin, Italy, in 1959 and the Games have been staged in a different city every two years since then. The United States hosted the 17th World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1993.
Hung, who also represented Hong Kong at the 2005 Davis Cup last month, enters his third year at Michigan with career marks of 43-23 in singles and 36-29 in doubles. He has led the Wolverines in overall singles victories in each of his two seasons at U-M.
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