Hong Kong, China tennis star Coleman Wong delighted home crowds on Tuesday, advancing to the men's singles round of 16 at the Hong Kong Tennis Open with a straight-sets victory.

The SAR's top player overcame Argentina's Mariano Navone 6-3, 7-5 in a tightly fought match.

Wong's win sets up a compelling showdown on Wednesday afternoon, where he will face his doubles partner, sixth-seeded Canadian Gabriel Diallo, for a spot in the quarter-finals.

In other singles action, China’s Shang Juncheng also progressed, defeating Argentina's Francisco Comesana 6-4, 6-4.

Shang will next meet fifth-seeded Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the last eight.

The round of 32 saw further advances from Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who earns a match against top seed Lorenzo Musetti, and the Netherlands' Botic van de Zandschulp, who will challenge second seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, in the day's sole men's doubles match, the pair of Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev staged a comeback to secure their place in the quarter-finals.

After dropping the first set 7-6 to Czechia's Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl, the duo rallied to take the next set 6-3 and clinched a hard-fought victory with an 11-9 win in the decisive match tie-break.