Beijing time on March 9 news, 2022 ATP 1000 Indian Wells Masters qualifier, China's 17-year-old young player Shang Juncheng performed well, 2-0 defeated the 9th seed Celendolo in the qualifiers to advance to the next round. This victory set 3 records for ShangCheng, and there is no doubt that ShangCheng is the star of hope in China's tennis world.
The son of a famous man, his parents are both famous chinese sports players
Shang Juncheng's father is the national football star Shang Yi, who has played for Beijing Guoan and Spanish team Getafe. Her mother is Wu Na, the world champion of table tennis, and at the 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, Wu Na's partner Liu Guoliang won the mixed doubles world championship.
Both parents are athletes, so Shang Juncheng is quite athletically talented, although he is only 17 years old, shang has already won 4 championships. In addition, Shang Juncheng reached the final four times and won all of them.
As for why Shang Juncheng chose tennis, his father Shang Yi joked, "I practice big balls, she practices small balls, we all like tennis, so we let the children choose this middle size ball." ”
Sleep on the airport ground overnight and pay in return
Playing outside all year round, the 17-year-old's journey is not easy, and just a few days ago, he posted photos of himself sleeping at the airport on social media, which was heartbreaking. Fans also comforted him, "Heartache, please take care of yourself!" "It turned out that this time I came to Indiana Wells to participate, and the business trip experienced flight delays, the transit flight aircraft failure, spent the night at the airport, and then took a new plane to Indian Wells in the early morning.
But the pay has been rewarded, Shang Juncheng participated in the higher level OFP 1000 Indian Wells Masters, the first round of the qualification, his opponent is the No. 9 seed of the qualifier, Argentina's Celendolo, the first set, Shang Juncheng started 0-3 behind, very passive, but the Chinese nova is very tenacious, in the 7th set to achieve a breakback! In the seventh, Shang Juncheng was a skilled player, winning the first set 7-4. In the second set, Shang Completed Cheng started 3-0 and won 6-4 in the end, advancing 2-0.
Set 3 records, The Star of Hope of Chinese Tennis
This victory allowed Shang Juncheng to set 3 major records. First, he beat the world's top 100 players for the first time in his career; second, Shang Juncheng's world ranking ranked among the top 500 for the first time; and third, China's nova won the first victory in an ATP Tour level event! In the next round, Shang Chengcheng will face Germany's Moran, who is 1.98 meters tall and 128th in the world.
Only 17 years old, Chinese fans have reason to believe that Shangcheng will bring more surprises to Chinese tennis in the future. Shang Juncheng not only has his own efforts, but also has the strong support of his parents, as an athlete, Shang Juncheng's parents are very successful and can give their sons a lot of advice.