Source: Yangtze Evening News Network
In the ATP (International Professional Tennis Federation) 1000 Indian Wells Masters Men's Singles Qualifier Tiebreaker Match Tiebreaker Match that ended on the 10th, 17-year-old Chinese young player Shang Juncheng was withdrawn from the tournament because of his opponent Moran and successfully advanced to the main tournament. At this point, he also became the first male player in the history of Chinese tennis to pass the qualification test and enter the main tournament of the Masters. After the game, Shang Juncheng told reporters that success requires self-discipline and diligence, and he does not spend more than 1 hour a day looking at his mobile phone.
Sports family born "whole village hope"
Shang's name had gradually become "popular" a few years ago, but his initial fame was due to his family background. Shang Juncheng's father is former international Shang Yi, and his mother is table tennis world champion Wu Na.
At the age of 5, Shang Juncheng picked up the racket and embarked on the road of sports. Shang Juncheng said that the reason why he did not choose football and table tennis, but chose tennis, is entirely out of personal interests. Tiger father no dog, talent coupled with the day after tomorrow's efforts, although the 17-year-old Shang Juncheng has not officially turned into a professional player, but has made major breakthroughs in the field again and again, becoming the hope of the Chinese men's tennis, fans jokingly called "the hope of the whole village".
In 2021, he reached the quarter-finals and four of the French Open and Wimbledon junior groups, and topped the men's tennis youth world first, and later won the second place in the US Open junior group, and won the 2021 ITF International Tennis Federation Junior Men's Singles World Championship.
Entering the 2022 season, Shang Juncheng officially entered the adult arena, and the surprises are still continuous. On February 28, he won the ITF U.S. M15 in Naples, winning his fourth personal ITF title. Now he has entered the Indian Wells Main Tournament, which has created many records for him: the first male player in Chinese history to enter the Indian Wells Main Tournament; the first Chinese player to pass the qualification test and enter the Masters main tournament; the youngest Indian Wells Masters regular player after Donald Young (16 years old) in 2006; and Nadal (16 years old) in Hamburg in 2003, the youngest player to break through from the Masters qualifier to the main tournament.
Shang Juncheng, who is not yet an adult, has already carved his name into the history of the Chinese men's network.
Geniuses also need self-discipline and diligence
After breaking into the main game, under the arrangement of the ATP, Shang Juncheng was interviewed by the domestic media online. 'My ultimate goal is the same as most players, which is to be number one in the world. The hero is a teenager, and Shang Juncheng's goal is also very ambitious, but he also knows that if he wants to achieve such a grand goal, he can only start from every step under his feet.
Last year's outstanding performance in the junior Grand Slam gave Shang The confidence to face the challenge of the big scene, but he also always reminded himself that the adult arena and the junior competition have a completely different intensity. 'The gap between the juniors and the professionals is clear, the atmosphere in the dressing room, the preparation of the gym, the serves of these professional players are very well controlled, so their chances of holding serve are high, which I haven't done yet. Shang Juncheng, who transferred to the adult group, said he was slowly adapting to the pace of the tour. After passing tricks with adult players, Shang Juncheng, as a young player, believes that he still has a lot of room for improvement in physical ability.
"A lot of the athletes I grew up with have very big problems with their physical fitness. The Tour fights to the 3rd set, usually to see who has good physical fitness to persist to the end. "In order to quickly make up for the shortcomings in physical fitness, Shang Juncheng attaches great importance to rest and self-discipline, with an average sleep time of up to 11 and a half hours per day and strictly controlling the time spent browsing the mobile phone within 1 hour." As a player, sleep is arguably the most important. Only when the rest is good, the physical fitness can be good, and the attention on the field can be guaranteed. I hardly look at my phone during the game, after all, the more information I receive, the more interference I receive. He said.
As the son of football star Shang Yi and table tennis star Wu Na, Shang Juncheng received a lot of help from his parents: "Dad often told me that as an athlete, growth does not only come from within the stadium, but also from the self-requirements of various life details outside the stadium. ”
Although strict self-discipline is required on the road to chasing dreams, the 17-year-old does not feel hard and depressed: "Because I am doing something that I am very passionate about every day." I will go and enjoy the training. ”