In the 2023 Australian Open, Chinese players have played, and the two superstars who have attracted much attention Zheng Qinwen and Shang Juncheng have won, among which the victory of the 17-year-old Shang Juncheng is a breakthrough in history, becoming the first Chinese tennis male tennis player to win the Australian Open main draw, breaking 70 years of history, in 1953, the Chinese Tennis Association was officially established, Shang Juncheng is the first player to achieve such achievements in these 70 years.
In Shang's specific performance, he did not break serve in the whole game, defeating world No. 74 Ott 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 after four sets, and won the first Grand Slam main draw of his career.
In addition, Shang Juncheng can win a Grand Slam at the age of 17, and he is comparable to the world's tennis legends and Nadal. According to the data, among the three giants of world tennis, Federer's first Grand Slam victory was in 2000, when Federer was 18 years and 6 months and played in a Grand Slam for the third time, Nadal was 17 years and 1 month to achieve such achievements, and Djokovic won his first Grand Slam victory at 18 years and 1 month.
In contrast, the current Shang Chengcheng is only 17 years and 11 months, faster than Federer and Deyo to win the first Grand Slam victory of his career, it has to be said that Shang Juncheng is not only a super star of Chinese tennis, but also a super newcomer in world tennis. Since entering the 21st century, there are only eight players in world tennis who have won their first Grand Slam before the age of 18, and Shang Juncheng is one of them.
For Shang Juncheng, he is a good start for his tennis career and hopes to try to become a world-class player.
It is worth mentioning that Shang Juncheng can be so good at the age of 17 is not for nothing, his parents are professional athletes, mother Wu Na is a table tennis world champion, in the past and Liu Guoliang partnered in mixed doubles to win the world table tennis championships, father Shang Yi is a former international footballer, he stayed overseas during the player, the first player in Chinese football to play in the Spanish league, and was also selected for the national football team. Excellent genetics determine that Shang Juncheng's athletic talent is not simple, and his parents' professionalism in sports has also helped Shang Juncheng's growth, Shang Juncheng himself said: "Since I was only eleven or twelve years old, we (referring to the company of my parents) began psychological training. ”
As a teenager, Shang Juncheng won the runner-up in the men's singles of the US Open junior category, and the individual junior world ranking rushed to the second, making him one of the best men's singles players in his age.
After breaking the 70-year history of Chinese tennis, Shang Juncheng also bluntly said that he hoped that more excellent male players could emerge in Chinese tennis, emphasizing that Chinese tennis has had very good female players, but male players are always worse, and he hopes to work hard with Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yixiang to break through!
Do you think Shang Juncheng can become a world-class player? Is this the rise of Chinese tennis?
(Lin Xiaoxiang)