In the early morning of March 9, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters Qualifiers was contested, and the Chinese young player Shang Cheng, who was playing with a wild card, was played against the World No. 100 Argentinian Celendolo. After two fierce sets of matches, Shang Cheng defeated his opponent 2-0 and won the first game of his career against the TOP100 players.
In the first set, Shang Cheng was broken by his opponent in the second set and fell behind 3-0 in the opening set. In the 7th set, Shang Cheng successfully broke the opponent's serve, and then he saved the serve to chase 4-4. Since then, both sides have successfully defended their own serves, and the first set game has been dragged into the seventh. The seven-set business finisher was even better, winning the first set 7-4.
In the second set, Shang Cheng defused 2 break points in the first set to save his serve, and in the second set Shang Cheng broke successfully, and then he saved again and then took a 3-0 lead. In the 5th set, Shang Cheng lost the serve and the opponent saved the serve and chased it to 3-3. The 7th set was broken again, and he quickly adjusted back to break it to make it 4-4. In the 9th set, Shang Cheng defused 3 consecutive break points to save serve, and in the 10th set Shang Cheng broke again in a set where the opponent had no way to retreat, winning the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 40 minutes, The Chinese teenager Shang Cheng cheng fell into two straight sets and defeated the 9th seed Cyrendolo 7-6 (4)/6-4 to make it to the qualifying round. It was the first victory of shang cheng cheng's career on the tour, and the next round of shang cheng cheng will face Germany's Moran, who accepted the retirement gift to eliminate his compatriot Madden.