swept Paraguay's good player Vallejo, Xu Yuxiu reached the men's singles quarterfinals of the ATP Clay Challenger for the first time in his career

Chinese Taipei's Hsu Yu-hsiu defeated Paraguay's Vallejo in straight sets in the men's singles round of 16 of the 2025 Lyon Clay Men's Tennis Challenge on the 12th local time, reaching the top 8 of the ATP Clay Challenger for the first time in his career.

Xu Yuxiu reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Clay Challenger for the first time in his career

World No. 251 Xu Yuxiu, who reached the quarterfinals in Busan and Guangzhou in April, was his best result in the Challenger this year, and this time he also made a good start in Lyon, knocking out Denmark's second seed Moeller in the first round.

Facing the unfamiliar Vallejo on the same day, Xu Yuxiu broke through the deadlock after resolving 3 break points in the 5th game of the first set, and successfully broke through the deadlock after breaking serve in the 10th game, taking the lead 6:4, and although he was broken at the beginning of the second set, Xu Yuxiu broke the opponent's 3 service games in a row, won 6 games in a row, and came back from 6:1.

In addition, Xu Yuxiu will team up with Japan's Uchida Kaichi to face India's Kalianpur/Somania in the quarterfinals to fight for a ticket to the men's doubles semi-finals.