S’pore teen beats China star (pic)

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Singapore teenager Fu Mingtian (left) notched the first major upset of the Aviva Open Singapore on Wednesday afternoon with a stunning first round win over world No 8 Lu Lan of China in the women's singles. --ST PHOTO:

UNHERALDED Singapore teenager Fu Mingtian notched the first major upset of the Aviva Open Singapore on Wednesday afternoon with a stunning first round win over world No 8 Lu Lan of China in the women’s singles. Singapore teenager Fu Mingtian (left) notched the first major upset of the Aviva Open Singapore on Wednesday afternoon with a stunning first round win over world No 8 Lu Lan of China in the women's singles. --ST PHOTO:

The 18-year-old qualifier came back from one set down to beat the seventh seeded Lu 8-21, 21-9, 21-19.

The China-born Fu, who became a citizen here three years ago, will meet Dutchwoman Judith Meulendijks in the next round.

Fu’s teammate, Zhang Beiwen, also nearly dumped out another Chinese star.

Zhang, 18, came within a whisker of beating world No 4 Wang Lin, before losing 21-10, 18-21, 19-21.

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