On March 10, Beijing time, the second round of the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters Qualifier was held, and the 17-year-old Chinese young player Shang Juncheng competed in the competition, and his opponent was Moran, who was ranked 128th in the world. After Shang Juncheng won the first set 6-3, opponent Moran chose to retire due to injury, so that Shang Juncheng successfully broke through from the qualifiers and entered the Indian Wells Masters, known as the "fifth Grand Slam".
It created the business completion of the Indian Wells Masters and created a number of new records for Chinese men's tennis and ATP. This is the second time since the 2019 Shanghai Masters that Chinese players have participated in the main tournament of the Masters. Shang became the first Chinese mainland player to pass the qualifiers to the Main Masters.
Shang, who turned 17 last month, became the youngest player to break through the qualifiers to enter the main tournament since the inception of the Indian Wells Masters. He is also the youngest player to play in the Indian Wells Masters since 2006.
Shang became the youngest player to break into the Masters main tournament through the qualifiers in 2003. The last time a younger player broke into the Masters through a qualifier was in 2003, when Nadal broke through the qualifying rounds at monte carlo and Hamburg.
Shang Juncheng, who has just turned 17 years old, has a very perfect sports gene, his father is Shang Yi, who has been selected for the men's national football team, and his mother is Wu Na, the world champion of table tennis. Shang Juncheng has been involved in tennis since he was 5 years old, and since switching to adult competitions in the second half of last year, Shang Has won 4 ITF championships. At present, his world ranking has entered the top 500, and I believe that in the future, the business journey will definitely bring more surprises.