More than a decade ago, the Spanish football league first appeared in the Chinese player, his name is Shang Yi.
Now, more than a decade later. Shang Yi's son, Shang Chengcheng, won a victory in the Indian Wells Masters Qualifiers. This is his second tour this year, and Shang Juncheng seems more confident than his first time on the tour. Although in the first set, he was once in a 0-3 stalemate, he dared to fight, slowly recovered the score, and won the first set by fighting in the seventh set. In the second set, with the advantage of age and physical fitness, Shang Juncheng completely had the upper hand, although after 3-0, he was reversed by the opponent for four consecutive sets, but he then won three more sets in a row, thus winning another set and winning the qualifying round, which seemed to outsiders to be a small victory. However, you may not know that this is his first time on the Tour and his first win over the TOP100 players.
At present, Shang Juncheng is only 16 years old. But he's been training tennis for eleven years. In the junior competition, although he only finished second in the men's singles of the US Open. Objectively speaking, this achievement cannot be compared with another hope star, Wu Yixun. In 2017, Wu Yixun won the MEN's Singles Championship in the US Open Junior Championship. Not only that, Wu Yixun also won the MEN's Doubles Championship of the US Open Junior Tournament with his partner. He won two crowns, becoming the second US Open junior double in history and the first Grand Slam Junior Men's Singles Champion in Chinese mainland. In 2018, Wu Yiyu won the silver medal at the Asian Games. Suddenly, the title of genius Wu spread throughout the north and south of the river. At that time, countless tennis enthusiasts were looking forward to it being able to enter the final four of the Tour and usher in the first victory of the Grand Slam for the Chinese men's tennis team.
However, four years have passed. Wu Yiyu, who was once optimistic, is now ranked beyond the thousand. And Shang Juncheng, after turning into a professional tennis world. But with their own efforts a little bit of progress, in growth.
From the M15 Tennis Tournament, to the M25 Tennis Tournament, to the Challenge Tournament, to the Tour. In these four major events, we can all see the figure of Shang Juncheng. However, you may not know that in order to participate in the tour, he has already reached the semi-final of the M15 tennis tournament and resolutely chose to retire. Although the fame and points of the tour are stronger than the M15. Here, however, facing a stronger opponent, there is a good chance that you will face defeat. In the M15 tennis tournament, there are many possibilities to win and points. And these wins and points can help Shang Cheng improve the ranking. From his resolute abandonment, I saw something that the Chinese men's network lacked. It was a kind of courage, but also a kind of confidence. Compared with Japanese and Korean players, what the Chinese men's tennis team lacks is not height, not physical fitness, not technology, but more of a passion, an optimism, a confidence, and a courage. It is precisely because of the lack of these things that the Chinese men's tennis team has never been able to break through the layer of window paper that entered the TOP100 players.
Now, less than a year into professional tennis, Shang has already won four M15 titles. And he also had his first challenge win and tour first win. From no ranking to the top 500. He only took half a year. In the future, he may break the records of the Chinese men's tennis. I sincerely hope that this day will appear as soon as possible, and I also hope that Wu Yiyu and Zhang Zhizhen and more Chinese players can join hands with Shang Chengcheng to create more glory moments for the Chinese men's tennis team. At that time, facing Japanese and Korean tennis fans, we may not have to be arrogant, and we will be more confident. At that time, perhaps a small step in the Chinese men's tennis team will be a big step in China's sports economy.
(Source: Tennis House Author: One Heart Resident)