Known as the "fifth Grand Slam", the Indian Wells Tournament will start next week, and the 17-year-old young player Shang Chengcheng of the mainland has won the Indian Wells Qualifying Wild Card and will play in the men's singles qualifier, which is a very good opportunity for him. According to the ATP points rule, you can advance to the main tournament by winning two qualifying matches. There are no points for the first round, 16 points for winning one game, and 25 points for breaking into the main game.
Hopefully, he won't squander his precious opportunity this time. After all, his world ranking so far can not be shortlisted for the ATP Tour, I believe he will grasp it.
This is not the youngster's first wild card, his first wild card this season came from the ATP500 Rio, which was his first appearance in the ATP500 class and his tour debut. At that time, he chose to retire from the itf Napoli semi-finals before playing the second set and went directly to Rio, which shows how excited he is.
However, due to the long distance, he was not ready to adapt to the Rio environment, although he fought for 1 hour and 43 minutes, unfortunately, he finally lost to the world's 62nd Spanish player Pedro Martinez, who was ranked 62nd in the world, 3-6, and did not qualify for the second round, missing the first win of the individual tour. In the game, Shang Juncheng exposed his shortcomings - there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of serving, receiving and absolute strength, but it is still remarkable in terms of coping and mentality.
Shang then won his fourth international tennis federation title after defeating American player Colwyn in the MEN's Singles Final at ITF Napoli. In Shang's career, he reached the men's singles final four times, with a winning percentage of 100%. Shang Juncheng released the winning photo to cheer himself on: "Start again, I am very happy to win my fourth 15k championship, it is time to return to the hard court season." "He has no problem playing ITF, he needs to play challenges and tour tournaments at a higher level, but his ranking can't be shortlisted."
Today he received his second wild card on the ATP Tour of the season, which is a great joy for the youngsters who have long given up the youth game and are eager to build a great career in the adult game. This season, Indian Wells station includes Nadal, Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Rublev and many other famous players will participate. If Shang Juncheng can break through from the qualifiers, he will have the opportunity to challenge the top players, which will be very helpful for his growth.
Of course we hope he wins at least one qualifying round, and with a win there's a chance to advance to the next round, and look forward to his performance. (Source: Tennis House Author: Stray Rabbit)
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