On the evening of April 16, Beijing time, in the first round of the men's singles of the 2024 ATP500 Barcelona Open, Shang Juncheng played against Mahachi, and in the end, Shang Juncheng lost two sets in a row with a score of 0-2!
Shang Juncheng is a post-00 genius in China, ranked 114th in the world. Shang has long been ranked outside the top 100, but he has already excelled at Grand Slam events. Mahachi is ranked 50th in the world and his overall strength is above Shang Juncheng. The two have only met once before, with Mahachi winning: in the first round of the 2022 Phoenix CH175 Qualifiers. Now that they meet again, can Shang Juncheng take revenge?
In the first set, in the third game, Mahach broke serve 2-1 first, and then successfully held serve 3-1. In the 5th game, Shang Juncheng scored four straight points to hold serve 2-3, in the 8th game, Mahachi held serve 5-3, in the 9th game, Shang Juncheng loved the game to hold serve 4-5, and in the 10th game, Mahach cashed in to win the set game, 6-4 to take the next city, and the big score was 1-0 ahead.
In the second set, the first six games each held serve 3-3. In the 7th game, Mahachi scored four straight points to break first, and in the 8th game, Shang Juncheng broke 4-4 at the speed of light. In the ninth game, Mahachi broke serve again, 5-4, and then cashed in to win the game on serve, 6-4 and the next game, defeating Shang Juncheng 2-0.
Earlier, "China's first brother" Zhang Zhizhen also suffered a defeat, facing the world No. 99 Van Asher, Zhang Zhizhen lost two sets in a row 0-2 and also suffered a round of tours.