On March 9, 2022, Beijing time, new developments came from the tennis world. WTA Indian Wells is about to start the main stage of the competition, the top seed, French Open champion Kregetzkova retired due to injury, And Kone as the 33rd seed to replace her signing. In the qualifying round, Wang Qiang defeated Karinskaya 2-0 to get a ticket to the main match.
Indian Wells is a WTA 1000-level tournament with generous points and prize money, but world number one Barty gave up and several stars were absent. Just after the signing table was released, the tournament's top seed, French Open champion Krejickova, announced his retirement due to an elbow injury. In this case, Konei will replace Kregitskova as the No. 33 seed.
At present, the qualification round of this station is all over, Wang Qiang defeated Karinskaya 6-3, 6-4 to successfully advance to the main competition, if Wang Qiang can achieve good results in this competition, he will return to the top 100. Judging from the results of the main draw, Wang Qiang's potential opponents in the first round include Peterson, Liu Jingwen, Connew, Lisk, Martinkova, Dodin, Scherif, Zhang Shuai, Uitfank, Putinseva, Borini and others.
At the same time, the ATP Indian Wells station also began to qualify, and the 17-year-old Chinese youngster Shang Zhencheng, who played with a wild card, created a new career history, beating Cerundoro 7-6, 6-4 to win the first event in his career at the ATP level. In addition, Shang Juncheng also set a new record, he beat the top 100 players in the world ranking for the first time, will receive 8 ranking points, will certainly continue to improve his world ranking.
Shang Juncheng will face Germany's Moran in the second round of qualifying, who has just won the fifth challenge of his career, ranked 128th in the world and the highest ranking in his career, it can be said that Moran's state is also outstanding, which is a great challenge for Shang Juncheng. If Shang Juncheng can win, he will advance to the main tournament, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I hope that Shang Juncheng will grasp it well.
Obviously, Shang Juncheng represents the future of Chinese men's tennis, our women's tennis Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu and other young players are making progress, Zhang Shuai just won the championship in Lyon, will also inspire our young players, I hope that young players to achieve more victories, as soon as possible in the Grand Slam field to make a breakthrough!