Taiwan Yen-hsun Lu pulled off a stunning upset of Andy Roddick by playing extremely well yesterday. The victory meant a lot to the 26-year-old afterwards because he was sharing it with his father who passed away in 2000.
“I’m really proud to share this victory with him in the sky,” Lu said. “In that moment, I just told myself, I’ve done it. I’ve done it for my father. I’ve done it for myself also. I’ve done it for all the people who supported me.”
Lu was 9-18 in Grand Slam matches and never gone past the third round. His biggest victory prior to this was a knock-out of Andy Murray at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Good win for him, but sad for Roddick.