In the 2024 Australian Open, Shang Juncheng, a talented teenager from China, continued to move forward, losing one set and then winning three sets in a row, defeating Indian player Nagar with a big score of 3-1, reaching the top 32 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, and also creating the best men's singles record in the history of Chinese tennis in the Australian Open, whether it is for Shang Juncheng or Chinese tennis, this is a great milestone victory! The People's Daily issued a message to congratulate Shang Juncheng, the 18-year-old Chinese teenager who has left his own record in the history of Chinese men's tennis, and in the next round of 32-16 competition, Shang Juncheng is about to challenge the world's No. 2 Alcaraz.
His father is Shang Yi, a famous Chinese football player, and his mother is Wu Na, the world champion of national table tennis. Shang Juncheng began learning tennis at the age of 5 and then went to the United States to receive guidance from high-level coaches. In 2021, Shang Juncheng won the US Open junior men's singles runner-up and became the world No. 1 as a teenager. Entering the senior group, Shang Juncheng has continued to make breakthroughs, from the low-level ATP Challenger to the highest-level 4 Grand Slam tournaments, Shang Juncheng has achieved a series of satisfactory results. At last season's Australian Open, Shang Juncheng reached the second round and won the first men's singles main draw victory in the history of the Chinese men's tennis team. Entering 2024, Shang Juncheng's momentum continues unabated, and the Hong Kong Open defeated the world's top 20 Tiafoe for the first time, breaking into the top four of his first career ATP Tour tournament.
At this year's Australian Open, Shang Juncheng received a wild card issued by the tournament organizer and directly entered the main event. In the first round, facing the American good player McDonald, Shang Juncheng withstood the test of the five-set battle, defeated the opponent 3-2, and advanced to the second round of the Australian Open men's singles for two consecutive years, becoming the first person in history to achieve this achievement in Chinese men's tennis. In this round, facing the Indian dark horse Nagar, who knocked out the seeded star Bublik, Shang Juncheng continued his recent hot form, fighting fiercely in four sets to defeat his opponent 2-6/6-3/7-5/6-4, and broke into the Grand Slam men's singles round of 32 for the first time in his career! At the Australian Open, Shang Juncheng once again wrote history, after becoming the first Chinese mainland player to win the Australian Open men's singles main match last year, this year became the first person in the history of Chinese men's tennis to break into the Australian Open men's singles round of 32.
With four Grand Slam masters in the world, Shang will challenge world No. 2 Alcaraz for a place in the round of 16. Alcaraz is the frontrunner for post-00s players, becoming the first post-00s player to win a Grand Slam men's singles title at the US Open last year. Challenging Alcaraz, what kind of performance Shang Juncheng can deliver, it is exciting!