Chinese Taipei's first brother Zeng Junxin drew the world's No. 28 Chilean brother Tabilo 6:2, 7:5 in the first round of the men's singles at the ATP 500 level 2025 Rio Open on the 18th and advanced to the round of 16.

Chinese Taipei's first brother Zeng Junxin

World No. 125 Zeng Junxin won his ticket to the main draw of the Rio Open after winning two straight side events, and he maintained a strong performance against the third seed Tabilo today, breaking first to take a 2-0 lead before breaking two of his opponent's serve games to take the lead.

Zeng Junxin fell into turmoil at the beginning of the second set, and was at 0:3 at one point, but he successfully broke back and returned to color, and successfully defused his opponent's two set points in the ninth game.

It was Zeng's first career win against the world's top 30 rankings, and he will next face Brazil's Monteiro, who reached the round of 32 in the men's singles at the 2020 French Open.