Teenager Shang Juncheng continued to upset. In the duel between Bordeaux and British star Evans, Xiao Shang played very well, although he wasted 5 match points at one point, but finally withstood the pressure, saved a total of 12 break points, defeated his opponent 2-0, and advanced to the semi-finals. It was also his second semi-final this season.
ATP Bordeaux CH175 Men's Singles 1/4 Finals A key match, Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng faced British star Evans. At present, the world ranking is 105 for small businesses and 67 for opponents. Evans, who was previously ranked as high as 21st and has reached the round of 16 of the US Open and Australian Open several times, has had a mediocre season, with the Australian Open ending in the first round and the Masters also playing poorly. The small business reached the semi-finals at the Hong Kong 250 at the beginning of the season, and then reached the third round of the Australian Open, and the second round in Madrid, Miami and IW. Before this match, Xiaoshang had already broken into the TOP100 for the first time with his previous good performance, and he was only one step away from locking the Wimbledon main event.
In the first set, Shang Juncheng entered the state quickly, losing 4 points in straight sets in the 4th game and taking the lead to complete the break. But in the fifth game, Evans quickly broke back. The two battled to a 6-6 score in the first 12 innings. In the ensuing tie-break, Xiaoshang played well and won 7-4.
In the second set, Xiao Shang took the lead again in the 5th game. In the 10th game after that, Xiao Shang scored 3 points in a row as soon as he came up, and won multiple match point opportunities successively. Under Evans's crazy counterattack, Xiao Shang once missed 5 match points, but in the end he still withstood the pressure, and after resolving the opponent's 3 break points in a single game, he won another set 6-4, upsetting the opponent with a big score of 2-0 and advancing to the semifinals.
The battle took 2 hours and 21 minutes. Xiaoshang has 2 aces, 0 double faults, 68% first-serve goal rate, 65% first-serve scoring rate, and 2 cashes out of 4 break points. It is worth mentioning that the small merchant played very tenaciously in this game, and resolved a total of 12 break points of the opponent. With this victory, Shang Juncheng scored 50 points, 10,550 euros, and immediately ranked 89th, while also locking up a place in the Wimbledon main draw.