For Chun-hsin, it’s one meticulous step at a time

Two-time junior Major winner keen to excel on the professional tour

Life for Chun-hsin Tseng has been a stop-start affair. Born to working class parents in Chinese Taipei who owned and managed a small food stand in a night market, he won the French Open and Wimbledon junior singles titles in 2018 and finished the year ranked No.1 in the world.

He turned professional and just when he seemed confident enough to navigate the rough waters of the Tour, COVID-19 scuppered his best-laid plans. He didn’t touch his racquet for six months and the East Asian-swing was washed out. Globe-trotting in search of matches came with a price – strict quarantine measures meant it was tough to return home.

It is only now that there is a semblance of balance. Late last year, the 20-year-old won a Challenger in Portugal – his first-ever – and reached another final to break into the top-200. With his father Yu-Te Tseng in tow, he wants to make the best of the twin Challengers in Bengaluru.