On January 3, Beijing time, in the second round of the ATP 250 Hong Kong men's singles, Shang Juncheng played against Van der Shanchulp, and finally came the good news, the two staged a tragic battle, three consecutive sets of seven battles, Shang Juncheng defeated the opponent with a big score of 2-1 and advanced strongly. Shang Juncheng made history: reaching the quarterfinals of an ATP Tour tournament for the first time in his career.
Shang Juncheng is China's post-00 genius boy, with great potential, this Hong Kong competition, Shang Juncheng is a wild card to participate, the first round of the face of the world ranked 33rd No. 7 seed Jerray, Shang Juncheng after a hard fight, in the case of losing a set first, the deciding set grabbed to save 2 match points, the big score 2-1 reversal to win, this is also the first time Shang Juncheng defeated the TOP40 players in his career, a small breakthrough, you know, Shang Juncheng is not yet 20 years old.
Van der Shanchop, ranked 50th in the world, is a Dutch star who has reached the top 8 of the US Open, and still has strong strength. For Shang Juncheng, it is another big test.
In the first set, both of them came up to complete their own holds, and Shang Juncheng took the lead. In the 6th game, although Van der Shanchop was 0-30, he still reversed to complete the hold, 3-3. In the 7th game, Shang Juncheng brought out consecutive game points and successfully continued to hold serve 4-3, and Van der Shanchup held serve 4-4. In the crucial 9th game, Shang Juncheng struggled to hold serve 5-4 after saving the break. In the 10th game, Van der Shanchop also struggled to hold serve, 5-5. In the 11th game, Shang Juncheng made a crucial double fault, and Van der Shanchop broke first to break 6-5. In the 12th game, Shang Juncheng broke 6-6 at the speed of light. In the tie-break battle, Van der Shanchop won 7-5 thrillingly, leading Shang Juncheng 1-0.
In the second set, in the third game, Shang Juncheng broke serve, but Van der Shanchop quickly broke back to 2-2, and then easily held serve 3-2, and in the sixth game, Shang Juncheng held serve 3-3, and then the two played 4-4. In the 9th game, a crucial game, Van der Shanchop held serve 5-4. In the 10th game, Shang Juncheng held his serve without a way out, 5-5. In the 12th game, Shang Juncheng saved the final point of the game to hold serve 6-6. In the tie-break battle, Shang Juncheng scored 6 points in a row after 1-2 and won 7-2, with a big score of 1-1.
In the deciding set, in the 7th game, Shang Juncheng saved multiple break points and held serve 4-3. In the 8th game, Shang Juncheng took the lead in breaking serve, 5-3. In the 9th game, Van der Shanchop then broke down to 5-5. Then the two tied again 6-6. Shang Juncheng won the tie-break 7-2, and the big score was reversed 2-1.