Beijing time, March 9: Beijing time this morning, the first ATP 1000 event Indian Wells Open this year ended the first round of the men's singles qualifier competition, with a wild card to play the mainland young player Shang Juncheng fell two straight sets to defeat the world's 100th qualifier No. 9 seed Argentina's Celendolo successfully advanced to the qualifier decider round, he also became the first post-05 player to beat the world's top 100 to create history. In the WTA1000 event Indian Weiss women's singles qualifier tiebreaker competition at the same time, the 19th seeded mainlander Wang Qiang swept the No. 5 seed Russia's Karinskaya in two straight sets to qualify for the main tournament, so that China will have Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen and Wang Qiang in this year's Indian Wells Tournament women's singles main event. At the same time, today's tournament announced the men's singles signing table, and Serbia's Djokovic's name is in the signing table. At present, he has not arrived in the United States, nor has he withdrawn from the competition, and if he is not vaccinated, he will encounter the United States if he forcibly chooses to enter the United States to compete. Let's take a look at the latest news from IW events.
In the early hours of this morning Beijing time, indian wells competition was held in the first round of the men's singles qualifiers. Born in 2005, mainlander Shang Juncheng took part in the tournament with a wild card against Argentina's Celendolo, the 9th seed in the qualifiers, who is ranked 100th in the world. This match is the first time the two have met in an official match, and before the game, all parties were not optimistic that Shang Juncheng would be able to win the game. The match took place at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time today at Stadium 7. After the start of the game, Shang Cheng started a little nervous, and he fell behind 1-4 at the beginning, but he did not give up adjusting his competitive state to complete the break and wipe out the point difference, and finally the two sides needed to divide the first set by grabbing seven. In the seventh, shang cheng had a better chance of winning the first set 7-4 to occupy the game. After entering the second set, Shang Completed the break at the beginning of the game and maintained the advantage of the break until the end to win the second set 6-4 and win the match and enter the qualifying tiebreaker round. He will compete with 19th seed Germany's Moran for a men's singles spot, who received a retirement gift from compatriot Madden in today's race.
Shang Juncheng won this game and became the first post-05 player in history to beat the top 100 players in the world ranking in an official ATP match to make history. Shang Juncheng was born into a sports family, his father was Shang Yi, the main player of the Beijing Guoan team during the A League A, and his mother was Wu Na, the world champion of table tennis. Wu Na's partner Liu Guoliang won the mixed doubles title at the 1997 Manchester World Table Tennis Championships, which also shattered Deng Yaping's dream of a world table tennis grand slam. At the age of 5, he began to be exposed to the business of tennis, and has been training in the United States for many years. Chinese men's tennis is a weaker sport than football, and the Chinese men's players have not won the Grand Slam singles main tournament in the open era, and the men's players have not entered the top 100 in the singles ranking. There is a huge gap with our close neighbors Japan and South Korea, and there is also a big gap with Chinese women's tennis. At the youth level, Wu Yiyu once won the singles and doubles championship in the US Open junior group in 2017, but after transferring to the adult group, Wu Yiyu's record was not ideal. Shang Juncheng is currently following the model of Japan's Kei Nishikori, who is already the third highest-ranking male player in China, and if he controls the injury, his future is promising.
Today in the IW women's singles, the qualifying round was held, and Wang Qiang, the only Chinese player to pass the first day, played in today's match against No. 5 seed Kalinskaya from Russia. This game is the first time the two have met in an official match, and before the game, all parties are still more optimistic about Wang Qiang's victory. The match began at 7:50 a.m. Beijing time this morning on Court 8. After the game began, Wang Qiang completely controlled the game in just 1 hour and 17 minutes to sweep the opponent with a score of 6-3, 6-4 to win the game and qualify for the main game. In this way, China has three players participating in the women's singles competition, and Wang Qiang's opponent will be the Czech player Bauzkova who has advanced to the qualifiers. The other two Chinese players were played against Zhang Shuai in the first round against Australian player Gavrilova, who had advanced to the qualifiers, and Zheng Qinwen's opponent was Russian veteran Zvonareva.
At the same time, the organizing committee of the event announced the signing table for men's singles in the early morning of Beijing time. Serbian Djokovic, the world number two, has his name on the draw. It is reported that djokovic signed up for the competition, so he participated in the draw. However, he has not arrived in the United States at present because he has not been vaccinated and does not comply with the current epidemic prevention policy of the United States and has not obtained an entry permit. As things stand, he's still waiting for the U.S. to grant him a waiver of eligibility, but whether it's the federal government, the California government, or the IW organizing committee, he's required vaccinations to compete. If Djokovic had ventured to participate, he would have encountered the United States in the United States.
Shang Juncheng will hit the main tournament in the early morning of the 10th Beijing time, and the first round of the women's singles competition will also begin, and we will continue to pay attention to the relevant reports of the event to everyone.