Taiwan’s tennis star Lu Yen-hsun won at the first round of the US Cincinnati Masters on Monday. Lu beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in 2 sets, 6-3 and 6-4, to advance to the second round.
Meanwhile, Chinese player Zhang Shuai also beat her opponent from the UK, Heather Watson.
The total prize money for the event is set at more than US$3 million.