In the early morning of February 15, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP500 Rio station began to compete, and Shang Cheng, a Chinese player with a wild card, competed against Spain's Martinez, who was ranked 61st in the world. In the end, after a fierce battle of two sets, Shang Chengcheng lost 0-2 to his opponent and unfortunately lost in his career ATP Tour debut.
In the first two sets, both sides saved their own serves, martinez defused the break point in the third set, and lost the fourth set. After that, the two sides saved the serve, and in the 9th set, Martinez ushered in the service to win the set, he easily saved the serve and won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Martinez broke successfully from the beginning, and in the third set, the business completed the two consecutive break points to save serve. In the 6th set, Shang Cheng missed 2 break points in the opponent's serve. In the 10th set, Martinez ushered in a serve to win the game, Shang Cheng tenaciously defused 3 match points, and the opponent cashed in on the fourth match point to win the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 42 minutes, Martinez, ranked 61st in the world, defeated the Chinese teenager Shang Cheng 6-3, 6-4 to successfully reach the second round of the tournament. Shang Juncheng regrettably lost the game and did not have the opportunity to win the first win of the individual tour.