On April 5, in the second round of the 2024 men's singles of the WTT feeder tournament Valažidin, there was a big upset, and the top seed Chinese Taipei team Gao Chengrui lost 1-3 to Luxembourg team Luka Mladenovic.
Speaking of Luka Mladenovic, everyone may be relatively unfamiliar, and when it comes to Ni Xialian's mixed doubles partner, you have an intuitive understanding.
Gao Chengrui
Gao Chengrui is ranked 31st in the world with a total of 736 points, and his best result is the runner-up in the men's singles at the 2023 Lima regular challenge, with 280 points. He has defeated Aruna, Qiu Dang, Francesca and other fierce opponents.
Ni Xialian, Luca
The 25-year-old Luca, ranked 157th in the world, has a total of 100 points, mainly 45 points and 25 points in the two feeder events, and the other six races are in single digits.
Luca
In the game between Luka and Gao Chengrui, in the first game, Gao Chengrui led 6-2, Luca scored in a wave of consecutive points, 8-6 overtake, Gao Chengrui recovered a point, and Luca scored 11-7 in a row to win the first game.
In the second game, Gao Chengrui finally held the game and narrowly won 12-10.
In the third game, Luca started 5-0 and won 11-4 with a lead.
In the fourth game, the scores of the two sides were deadlocked, Gao Chengrui 9-7, Luca 10-9 match point, Gao Chengrui tied up, and Luca won the game 12-10.