On April 26, Beijing time, in the second round of the men's singles of the Madrid Masters in ATP1000 2024, China's 19-year-old rising star Shang Juncheng challenged No. 27 seed Davidovich Fokina. Shang Juncheng regretted losing two sets in a row, losing to Fokina 0-2 on aggregate, and the two encounters in 33 days were swept by the opponent in the second round, while Zhang Zhizhen had previously stopped in the first round, and the Chinese players had all been out of the singles field of this tournament.
In the first round of the men's singles at the Madrid Masters, Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng fought hard for four hours and narrowly defeated qualifier Mu Tai with a total score of 2-1 in three sets. The three sets were 6-7 (9), 6-2, 7-6 (10), and Shang Juncheng cashed in his sixth match point to win the match.
In the case that Zhang Zhizhen has stopped in the first round, Shang Juncheng has become the only seedling of Chinese men's tennis. Shang Juncheng challenged No.27 seed Davidovic Fokina in the second round of the Men's Singles, and the two met once at this year's Miami Masters, where Shang was swept away 0-2.
In the first set of this game, the first two games of the two sides each held serve and tied 1-1, Shang Juncheng then lost two games in a row and was broken by the opponent, and fell behind 1-3 in the first four games. Shang Juncheng completed the break in the fifth game, but Fokina immediately broke back, and Shang Juncheng broke and chased to a 4-4 draw. The two sides continued to maintain a 5-5 draw, and at the end of the set, Shang Juncheng lost two games in a row and was broken, and Fokina was fortunate to have no big problems, and Shang Juncheng regretted losing a set 5-7.
Entering the second set of the game, Shang Juncheng lost two games in a row and fell behind 0-2, Shang Juncheng broke in the third game, but then Fokina broke and won two more games, and Shang Juncheng was already 1-4 behind. Shang Juncheng completed the sixth game to hold serve, but Fokina continued to control the situation, Shang Juncheng continued to break out in the eighth game, Fokina then won the service game, Shang Juncheng lost another set 3-6, and was finally swept 0-2 in the second round.