The 17-year-old Shang Juncheng won the wild card for the Indian Wells Qualifiers and lived up to expectations, and his performance was quite surprising!
In the qualifying round, Shang Cheng defeated No. 9 seed Vo Serendolo (No.100) 7-6 (4) 6-4 to win his first career Masters. After winning the first set 6-3 in the decider, he received a retirement gift from Vukic (NO.125) and successfully advanced to the main tournament. In this battle, he created quite a few firsts, as follows:
Chinese mainland the first male player in history to qualify for the Indian Wells main tournament
Chinese mainland the first player to pass the qualification test and reach the main stage of the Masters
After Donald Young (16 years old) in 2006, he was the youngest Indian Wells Masters regularist
After 1990, the youngest player in the history of the ATP Tour to break into the Indian Wells main event
After Nadal (16 years old) of the 2003 Hamburg Tournament, the youngest player to break through from the Masters qualifiers to the main tournament
Shang was quite excited about this and eager to continue to win, and his first-round opponent was Spain player Munnar (NO.99), who also broke through from the qualifiers. As a result, Shang Completed a break in both sets, but then failed to save and cash in on the advantage, and finally lost to Mooner 3-6, 4-6, missing the second round, regrettably failing to become the first Chinese mainland player to win the Masters outside of his home country.
The 2 wins and 1 loss result made people see the potential of Shang Juncheng, and also helped Shang Juncheng to obtain 26 points, and the real ranking reached NO.440. Even more surprising was the Miami Masters two weeks later, when he was sure he had won a regular wild card!
Last year, the 16-year-old Shang Juncheng once played in the Miami Masters qualifiers with a wild card, and finally lost to Brody 6-4 1-6 6-7 (6), missing the first win of the Tour. However, this time is different, Shang Juncheng is stronger and more mature than last year, this time he is about to appear in the Miami Masters main game, continue to fight for the first victory of the tour main game.
Not only that, but Shang's image is also becoming more and more popular, saying that his playing style is similar to Djokovic, Djokovic's style of play is his favorite on the tour, and he is a super fan of Nadal because he is a left-handed player. He controls the use of the mobile phone every day (1.45 hours), does not play games, loves to read, sleeps 11 hours to 12 hours a day, and rests well to ensure attention on the field...
Very self-disciplined business completion is worth our expectations, we all have to take care of him, he will play better and better under the professional guidance of the team, look forward to his performance, Miami refueling! (Source: Tennis House Author: Stray Rabbit)