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Cool Chung wins inaugural NextGen finals

Emmeline MOORE, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/11/12/111217_tennis.jpg"/><figcaption>Hyeon Chung from South Korea and Andrey Rublev from Russia pose after their men&#x27;s singles tennis final match during the first edition of the Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan on November 11, 2017, an annual men&#x27;s youth tennis tournament organized by the Italian Tennis Federation and the Italian Olympic Committee. Marco Bertorello, AFP.</figcaption></figure></div>MILAN, Italy -- South Korea&#x27;s Hyeon Chung kept his cool to upset top-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev and claim his first title at the Next Gen ATP finals in Milan on Saturday.The bespectacled 21-year-old rallied from a set down to see off Rublev, the world number 37 who reached the US Open quarter-finals this year, 3-4 (5/7), 4-3 (7/2), 4-2, 4-2 in just under two hours.Chung, ranked 54, sealed victory on his third match point after Rublev had saved two at 3-1 down in the fourth set of the final at the season-ending, eight-player tournament.&quot;After losing the first set, and down one break in the second, I was really nervous, really angry, but I tried to have a poker face,&quot; said Chung.&quot;I&#x27;m trying to create an image of being really strong mentally and I starting playing better and better,&quot; he said.The former student of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida -- who turned to a mental coach to help him deal with the pressure of tennis -- received $390,000 dollars (335,000 euros) but no world ranking points for winning the under-21 tournament.Chung revealed that his mind training had helped him in Milan, just days after he had suffered a first-round exit in Paris to Rafael Nadal.&quot;The coach says all the time, first try to stay calm and in control, to have a chance to play better and better.&quot;It was Chung&#x27;s third victory over Rublev. He beat the Russian earlier in the week and also at Winston-Salem on the ATP Tour in August.<div>- Too emotional -</div>The Russian said he had let his emotions take control.&quot;I was playing much better than him. I was dictating the match, and then just because I let my emotion out and everything changed, because Chung, he was always there,&quot; said Rublev.&quot;He was always focused. He was always in the match.&quot;No matter if something goes wrong, he was still fighting. And me, from a little thing, I just lose my control and that&#x27;s it. I just lost because of my head.&quot;Mentally he&#x27;s really strong.&quot;The sixth-seeded Chung won all three matches in group play, including a straight-sets win over Rublev, and defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals.The momentum swung his way in the third set as Rublev&#x27;s frustration broke through at his inability to wear down Chung.He becomes the first South Korean to lift an ATP World Tour singles trophy since Lee Hyung-Taik won in 2003 at Sydney.Medvedev took third place after Croatia&#x27;s Borna Coric pulled out injured from a playoff.The ATP used the inaugural tournament to test a number of innovations with the promising young players of the season competing in the round-robin format with the first to four games in each set winning -- a tie-break is used when the scores reach 3-3.Changes also included no line judges with all calls made using Hawk-Eye Live, no lets, sudden-death points at deuce and a shot clock to ensure a 25-second rule between points to keep play ticking along briskly.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">Sports website.</a>

MILAN, Italy -- South Korea's Hyeon Chung kept his cool to upset top-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev and claim his first title at the Next Gen ATP finals in Milan on Saturday.

MILAN, Italy -- South Korea's Hyeon Chung kept his cool to upset top-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev and claim his first title at the Next Gen ATP finals in Milan on Saturday.

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Cool Chung wins inaugural NextGen finals

Emmeline MOORE,

Agence France-Presse

Published November 12, 2017 10:50 AM PHT

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